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Jean-Louis Pons

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Gender Female
Date of birth December 24,1761
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born La Piarre
France
DiedFlorence
Italy
Awards Lalande Prize
Discovered 7P/Pons–Winnecke
12P/Pons–Brooks
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Jean-Louis Pons Life story


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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