Name Jerome Coggia Role Astronomer | Died January 15, 1919 | |
Discovered C/1874 H1, 444 Gyptis, 96 Aegle, 217 Eudora, 38P/Stephan–Oterma, 193 Ambrosia, 187 Lamberta | ||
Jérôme Eugène Coggia (18 February 1849 – 15 January 1919) was a 19th-century French astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets, who was born in the Corsican town of Ajaccio.
Working at the Marseille Observatory from 1866 to 1917, Coggia discovered a number of comets, including the bright "Coggia's Comet" (C/1874 H1). The periodic comet 27P/Crommelin was previously called "Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes". He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 5 asteroids at Marseille between 1868 and 1899.
Coggia was awarded by the French Academy of Sciences its Lalande Prize for 1873 and again for 1916.
Comets discovered or co-discovered
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