El Cometa 32P

Authors

  • Trinidad Cadefau Surroca
  • Maria Assumpció Català i Poch

Abstract

Josep Comas Solà, a Catalan astronomer, discovered the periodic comet 32P in 1926, this is why its called 32P/Comas Solà. Since then in its successive returns to the Sun it was observed before and after perihelion passage and its orbit calculated. We present a study of these results to explain the history and the evolution of this comet.

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Published

2008-12-01

Issue

Nova època, vol. 1 (1) : 2008

Section

Centenary of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans: scientific activity in the 20th century

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