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Jérôme Eugène Coggia

Jérôme Eugène Coggia (February 18 1849January 15 1919) was a 19th-century French (Corsican) astronomer.

Working in Marseille, he discovered a number of comets, including the bright "Coggia's Comet" (C/1874 H1 ). The periodic comet 27P/Crommelin was previously called "Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes".

Asteroids discovered: 5
96 Aegle February 17 1868
187 Lamberta April 11 1878
193 Ambrosia February 28 1879
217 Eudora August 30 1880
444 Gyptis March 31 1899
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