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Jean Louis Pons (December 24, 1761 - October 14, 1831) was a French astronomer.
Between 1801 and 1827 Pons discovered thirty-seven comets, one of which (observed on November 26, 1818) was named after Johann Franz Encke, who determined its remarkably short period.
Pons was born at Peyres (Hautes Alpes). He entered the Marseilles observatory in 1789, and in 1819 became the director of the new observatory at Marlia near Lucca, which he left in 1825 for the observatory of the museum at Florence.
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