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Comet Pons

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Comet Pons may refer to any one of these comets:

Comet Pons may also be a partial reference to:

  • Comet Nicollet-Pons, C/1821 B1
  • 12P/Pons-Brooks (a.k.a. 12P/1812 O1, 12P/1883 R1, 1884 I, 1883b, 12P/1953 M1, 1954 VII, 1953c)
  • 273P/Pons-Gambart (a.k.a. 273P/1827 M1, 1827 II, 273P/2012 V4)
  • 7P/Pons-Winnecke (a.k.a. 7P/1819 L1, 1819 III, 7P/1858 E1, 1858 II, 7P/1869 G1, 1869 I, 1869a, 1875 I, 1875b, 1886 VI, 1886d, 1892 IV, 1892c, 1898 II, 1898a, 1909 II, 1909d, 1915 III, 1915b, 1921 III, 1921b, 1927 VII, 1927c, 1933 II, 1933b, 1939 V, 1939c, 1945 IV, 1945a, 1951 VI, 1951c, 1964 I, 1964b, 1970 VIII, 1970b, 1976 XIV, 1976f, 1983 IV, 1983b, 1989 VIII, 1989g)
Note

The comets are named after the prolific early 19th-century astronomer Jean-Louis Pons, who worked at Marseilles Observatory, Lucca, and Florence observatories. Some comets were discovered by Pons gained other names, for example Encke's Comet was called by Encke, Pon's Comet.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Roemer, Elizabeth (1960). "Jean Louis Pons, Discoverer of Comets". Leaflet of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 8 (371): 159. Bibcode:1960ASPL....8..159R.