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Jean-Louis Pons

French astronomer (1761–1831)


Jean-Louis Pons
Jean-Louis Pons

Jean-Louis Pons was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827 Pons discovered thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

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