Edwin Foster Coddington

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Asteroids discovered: 3
439 Ohio October 13, 1898
440 Theodora October 13, 1898
445 Edna October 2, 1899

Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer.

He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered a few asteroids, and the galaxy IC 2574 in Ursa Major, which later became known as the "Coddington Nebula".

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