Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 1761 – 14 October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the...
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approach to perihelion. Comet Pons-Brooks was conclusively discovered at Marseilles Observatory in July 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons, and on its next appearance...
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Pons is a lunar impact crater that is located to the west of the prominent Rupes Altai scarp. It was named after French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons. It...
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most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. William Robert Brooks was born in Maidstone, England, the son of Caroline...
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7P/Pons–Winnecke (also known as Comet Pons–Winnecke) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet with a six-year orbit. Early calculations for the 1921 apparition...
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273P/Pons–Gambart, also called Comet Pons-Gambart, is a periodic comet in a retrograde orbit first discovered on June 21, 1827 by Jean-Louis Pons and Jean-Félix...
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independently discovered by Nell de Bréauté at Dieppe on December 29, by Jean-Louis Pons on the morning of December 30, and by Wilhelm von Biela at Prague on...
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astronomer Jean-Louis Pons, who worked at Marseilles Observatory, Lucca, and Florence observatories. Some comets were discovered by Pons gained other...
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being obscured for several days by moonlight, it was also found by Jean-Louis Pons on April 11, while Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach was able to confirm...
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Look up Pons or pons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pons (Catalan pronunciation: [pons]) is a surname of Catalan origin. It is also given name. Within...
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71 years to the comet of 1812, now known as 12P/Pons-Brooks. Following a suggestion by Jean-Louis Pons, who suspected one of the three comets discovered...
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Ľubor Kresák that the comet had been observed in 1808 as well, by Jean-Louis Pons. Pons observed the comet on 6 and 9 February, which was insufficient to...
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Caroline Herschel in 1795 and was "discovered" for a third time by Jean-Louis Pons in 1818. Its orbit was calculated by Johann Franz Encke, who through...
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(engineer) Jean Picard Louise du Pierry Alexandre Guy Pingré Christian Pollas Jean-Louis Pons Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant Jean-Loup Puget...
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Claude-Louis Mathieu 1816: Friedrich Bessel 1817: John Pond 1818: Jean-Louis Pons 1819: Joseph Nicollet, Johann Franz Encke 1820: Joseph Nicollet, Jean-Louis...
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27 – Sophie Germain (born 1776), French mathematician. October 14 – Jean-Louis Pons (born 1761, French astronomer. December 22 – François Huber (born 1750)...
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30 – Smithson Tennant (died 1815), English chemist. December 21 – Jean-Louis Pons (died 1831), French astronomer. December 25 – William Gregor (died...
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Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (b. 1696) 1831 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761) 1911 – John Marshall Harlan...
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independently discovered by Charles Messier. It was also recorded in 1805 by Jean-Louis Pons, but was not recognized as the same object. Around 9 December 1805...
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comets discovered by Pons include 7P/Pons–Winnecke, 12P/Pons–Brooks, and 273P/Pons–Gambart, among many others. (see also Comet Pons) Pons also discovered comets...
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1829–1891) Christian Pollas (France, 1947–) John Pond (England, 1767–1836) Jean-Louis Pons (France, 1761–1831) Carolyn Porco (United States, 1953–) Vladimír Porubčan...
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briefly considered to be the eighth planet. July 11 – French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes the first of his 37 comet discoveries. Jérôme Lalande and his...
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December 1 – Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (d. 1850) December 24 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831) December 27 – Michael Andreas Barclay...
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Count of Marsan, lord of Pons and prince of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, but he was known by the courtesy title of Prince of Pons. Born to Charles de Lorraine...
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astronomer and mathematician, former Rector of Vilnius University Jean-Louis Pons – French astronomer Didier Raoult – French biology researcher Carlo...
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William Herschel, the first President of the RAS. Silver medalists: Jean-Louis Pons, Charles Rümker Silver medalists: Mark Beaufoy, William Samuel Stratford...
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on the western horizon with a brightness approaching magnitude 1. Jean-Louis Pons, at Marseille, saw the comet in evening twilight on 21 September; shortly...
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Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and...
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near-perihelion distance from Earth. The first observation was by Jean-Louis Pons (Marseille, France) on February 23, 1818, he followed the comet until...
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Catholic diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières existed from 1317[self-published source?] until the French Revolution. Its see at Saint-Pons-de-Thomières in southern...
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