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ASTRONOMER

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 36,987 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Hale is the 541st most popular astronomer (down from 490th in 2019), the 1,823rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,391st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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  • 37k

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  • 36.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alan Hale ranks 541 out of 531Before him are Peter Goldreich, Françoise Combes, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Hiroshi Mori, Rosaly Lopes, and Naoto Satō. After him are Chad Trujillo, Miloš Tichý, David J. Tholen, Satoru Otomo, Wendy Freedman, and Gary Hug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Alan Hale ranks 562Before him are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Chieko Asakawa, Mary Decker, Hamza Yusuf, Jeph Loeb, and Vladimir Parfenovich. After him are Louise Ritter, Lev Psakhis, Piotr Fijas, Rick Snyder, Brent W. Jett Jr., and Ginka Zagorcheva.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 1,823 out of 6,048Before him are Naoto Satō (1953), Naoko Yamada (1984), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), Yu Darvish (1986), Kaori Ekuni (1964), and Junko Ozawa (1973). After him are Shoma Uno (1997), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), Yumi Tōma (1966), Shinobu Terajima (1972), Toma Ikuta (1984), and Aoi Miyazaki (1985).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 18Before him are Takao Kobayashi (1961), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Kin Endate (1960), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Hiroshi Mori (1958), and Naoto Satō (1953). After him are Akimasa Nakamura (1961) and Masayuki Yanai (1959).