Comas Sola (crater)
"Comas Sola" may refer to: Astronomy * Asteroid 1655 Comas Solà * Josep Comas i Solà (1868-1937), Spanish astronomer * Comet 32P/Comas Solà * Crater Comas Sola (crater) Music * "Fly and Collision of Comas Sola", a song by Tangerine Dream from the album ''Alpha Centauri Alpha Centauri (, α Cen, or Alpha Cen) is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus (constellation), Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (), Toliman (), and Proxima Centauri (). Proxima Centauri ...

1655 Comas Solà
1655 Comas Solà, provisional designation , is a rare-type asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 November 1929, by Spanish astronomer of Catalan origin, Josep Comas i Solà at the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, Spain. It was later named after the discoverer. Orbit and classification It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.1–3.4  AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,693 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 10 ° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first observed as at Heidelberg Observatory in 1901, extending the body's observation arc by 28 years prior to its official discovery observation at Barcelona. Physical characteristics ''Comas Solà'' shows as rare XFU-type and B-type spectrum in the Tholen and SMASS classification scheme, respectively. Lightcurves A rotational lightcurve obtained by American amateur astronomer Rob ...
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Josep Comas I Solà
Josep Comas i Solà (; Barcelona 17 December 1868 – 2 December 1937) was a Spanish ( Catalan) astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, comets, and double stars. He wrote his first astronomy notes at the age of ten, and was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist magazine.Baedeker's Barcelona Peter M. Nahm, Automobile Association (Great Britain) - 1992 "Josep Comas i Solà (1868–1937) Born in Barcelona, Josep Comas i Sola soon made his mark as an astronomer; he was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist magazine. " He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the rotation period of the latter. He wrote some books popularizing astronomy, and was first president of the Spanish and American Astronomical Society (; S.A.D.E.Y.A.). He discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solà, and co-discovered the non-periodic comet C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Solà); he is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discover ...
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32P/Comas Solà
32P/Comas Solà is a periodic comet with a current orbital period of 9.7 years around the Sun. Observational history ''32P/Comas Solà'' was discovered November 5, 1926, by Josep Comas Solà. As part of his work on asteroids for the Fabra Observatory (Barcelona), he was taking photographs with a telescope. The comet's past orbital evolution became a point of interest as several astronomers suggested early on that the comet might be a return of the then lost periodic comet ''Spitaler'' ( 113P/Spitaler). In 1935 additional positions had been obtained, and P. Ramensky investigated the orbital motion back to 1911. He noted the comet passed very close to Jupiter during May 1912 and that, prior to this approach, the comet had a perihelion distance of 2.15 AU and an orbital period of 9.43 years. The identity with comet ''Spitaler'' was thus disproven. In 1933, the Danish astronomer Julie Vinter Hansen undertook significant new research which calculated the orbit of the comet up to ...
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Comas Sola (crater)
"Comas Sola" may refer to: Astronomy * Asteroid 1655 Comas Solà * Josep Comas i Solà (1868-1937), Spanish astronomer * Comet 32P/Comas Solà * Crater Comas Sola (crater) Music * "Fly and Collision of Comas Sola", a song by Tangerine Dream from the album ''Alpha Centauri Alpha Centauri (, α Cen, or Alpha Cen) is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus (constellation), Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (), Toliman (), and Proxima Centauri (). Proxima Centauri ...