Jérôme Eugène Coggia
Astronomer
1849 – 1919
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Who was Jérôme Eugène Coggia?
Jérôme Eugène Coggia was a 19th-century French astronomer.
Working in Marseille, he discovered a number of comets, including the bright "Coggia's Comet". The periodic comet 27P/Crommelin was previously called "Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes". In 1916 he was awarded the Lalande Prize of the French Academy of Sciences.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1849
Ajaccio - Also known as
- Jerome Eugene Coggia
- J. Coggia
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Jan 15, 1919
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on July 23, 2013
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