Edwin Foster Coddington
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| 439 Ohio 439 Ohio 439 Ohio is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898 at Mount Hamilton, California. It was first of his total of three asteroid discoveries.-References:... |
October 13, 1898 |
| 440 Theodora 440 Theodora 440 Theodora is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898 at Mount Hamilton. It was his second asteroid discovery.... |
October 13, 1898 |
| 445 Edna 445 Edna 445 Edna is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 2, 1899 at Mount Hamilton, California. It was his third and final asteroid discovery.It was discovered almost a year after the other two. It and Neptune are were both discovered after Uranus but before Eris... |
October 2, 1899 |
Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870–December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
.
He co-discovered the comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered a few asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
s, and the galaxy
Galaxy
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias , literally "milky", a...
IC 2574 in Ursa Major
Ursa Major
Ursa Major , also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. It can best be seen in April...
, which later became known as the "Coddington Nebula".