Article ID: CBB001021899

Josep Comas Solà, va veure l'atmosfera de Tità? (2009)

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Oliver, Josep M. (Author)


Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
Volume: 2, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 207-218


Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Part of a special section, “Jornada d'Història de l'Astronomia i de la Meteorologia”

Did Josep Comas Solà see Titan's atmosphere? Summary: In 1907 Josep Comas Solà, director of the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, announced that he had seen a darkening on Saturn's satellite Titan which made him think that this celestial body had an atmosphere. If this is so, he would be the discoverer of Titan's atmosphere. We analyse Comas' experience in planetary observation, the instrumental characteristics and the conditions of Titan, in order to verify whether Comas could actually observe the atmosphere. We can only conclude that he could. Key words: Comas Solà, Gerard P. Kuiper, Fabra Observatory, Damian Peach, refractor telescope, Júpiter satellits, Titan

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Authors & Contributors
Van Helden, Albert
Kragh, Helge S.
Jean-Eudes Arlot
Sears, Derek W. G.
Kennett, Carolyn
Falkner, David E.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Science and Education
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Publishers
University of Arizona Press
Steiner
Springer
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Reaktion Books
Birkhäuser
Concepts
Astronomy
Moons of other planets
Solar system; planets
Jupiter
Telescopes
Space research and exploration
People
Galilei, Galileo
Kuiper, Gerard Peter
Comas i Solà, Josep
Antoniadi, Eugène Michel
Urey, Harold Clayton
Sagan, Carl
Time Periods
17th century
Modern
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Early modern
Places
Spain
Italy
France
Institutions
Observatoire de Paris
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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