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Alan Stern

1957 - Today

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Sol Alan Stern (born November 22, 1957) is an American engineer, planetary scientist and space tourist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express. Stern has been involved in 24 suborbital, orbital, and planetary space missions, including eight for which he was the mission principal investigator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Stern has received more than 263,815 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alan Stern is the 628th most popular astronomer (down from 564th in 2019), the 17,034th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,959th in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 31.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alan Stern ranks 628 out of 644. Before him are Eva Grebel, Zdeněk Moravec, Dale Frail, Amy Mainzer, Tetsuo Kagawa, and Heidi Hammel. After him are Ulrika Babiaková, Vicky Kalogera, C. Michelle Olmstead, Timothy B. Spahr, Anna Frebel, and Robert S. McMillan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alan Stern ranks 765. Before him are Graham Rix, David Beasley, Chris Anderson, David Weller, Steve Foster, and Mary Carillo. After him are Reggie Theus, Jim Craig, Jeh Johnson, Mal Donaghy, Margaret Spellings, and Bharati Achrekar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Stern ranks 17,034 out of 20,380. Before him are Austin Krajicek (1990), Amy Seimetz (1981), Regina Belle (1963), Lucille Roybal-Allard (1941), Jeff Turner (1962), and Lisa P. Jackson (1962). After him are Andrew McCollum (1983), Nick Young (1985), Todd Akin (1947), Gregory Helms (1974), Joe the Plumber (1973), and Fabolous (1977).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Alan Stern ranks 134. Before him are Jeff T. Alu (1966), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), Martha P. Haynes (1951), Amy Mainzer (1974), and Heidi Hammel (1960). After him are C. Michelle Olmstead (1969), and Robert S. McMillan (2000).

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