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Jean-Louis Pons

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French astronomer

ScientistsLived 1761 to 1831 · aged 69
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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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Lalande Prize
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1761 to 1831 · aged 69
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