Comas Solá, José (1868–1937)
Spanish astronomer whose observations of Mars
played a part in discrediting the canal hypothesis (see Mars,
canals). Shortly after the opposition of 1909, he wrote: "the marvelous
legend of the canals of Mars has disappeared ... after this memorable opposition."
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