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Alan Hale

1958 - Today

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Alan Hale (born 1958) is an American professional astronomer, who co-discovered Comet Hale–Bopp along with amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp. Hale specializes in the study of Sun-like stars and the search for extra-solar planetary systems, and has side interests in the fields of comets and near-Earth asteroids. He has been an active astronomer most of his life and currently serves as the president of the Earthrise Institute, which he founded, and which has as its mission the use of astronomy as a tool for breaking down international and intercultural barriers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hale has received more than 38,556 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alan Hale is the 593rd most popular astronomer (down from 541st in 2019), the 1,903rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,819th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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  • 39k

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  • 39.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alan Hale ranks 593 out of 644. Before him are Jana Tichá, John Huchra, Jan Kleyna, Rosaly Lopes, Satoru Otomo, and Lenka Kotková. After him are Debra Fischer, Dorrit Hoffleit, Geoffrey Marcy, Wendy Freedman, Richard van der Riet Woolley, and Françoise Combes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Alan Hale ranks 604. Before him are Ramona Neubert, Kelly Johnson, Daley Thompson, Turgut Aykaç, Mitch Albom, and Ryoichi Kawakatsu. After him are Jean-François Clervoy, Johanna Sinisalo, Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, Karim Maroc, Nadhim Shaker, and Inger Andersen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 1,903 out of 6,245. Before him are Mihoko Iwaya (1964), Natsuki Hanae (1991), Natsuki Takaya (1973), Kōji Gushiken (1956), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), and Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958). After him are Tenma Shibuya (1969), Yūji Ueda (1967), Yuko Oita (1969), Atsuto Uchida (1988), Takako Matsu (1977), and Takumi Horiike (1965).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 20. Before him are Seiji Ueda (1952), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kin Endate (1960), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Masayuki Yanai (1959), and Tomimaru Okuni (1931). After him are Naoto Satō (1953), Masaru Arai (1952), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Akimasa Nakamura (1961), Tetsuo Kagawa (1969), and Toshimasa Furuta (2000).

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