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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 249,308 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Stern is the 564th most popular astronomer, the 16,002nd most popular biography from United States and the 122nd most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alan Stern ranks 564 out of 531. Before him are Peter Kušnirák, Anja Cetti Andersen, Sara Seager, Jeff T. Alu, Brett J. Gladman, and Dale Frail. After him are Amy Mainzer, Vicky Kalogera, Jan Kleyna, Robert S. McMillan, Atsushi Sugie, and Brian A. Skiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alan Stern ranks 671. Before him are David Fairclough, Arthur Albiston, Ratna Pathak, Jeh Johnson, Keith Connor, and Nadine Dorries. After him are Margaret Spellings, Steve Foster, Val Demings, Bob Ehrlich, Mal Donaghy, and Nafisa Ali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Stern ranks 16,002 out of 18,182. Before him are Susan Dunklee (1986), Willa Ford (1981), Akiva Schaffer (1977), Terrell Owens (1973), Hilary Lindh (1969), and Jason Collins (1978). After him are Debbie Armstrong (1963), Matt Barnes (1980), Kelly Oubre Jr. (1995), Emily Alyn Lind (2002), Gia Coppola (1987), and Benny Blanco (1988).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Alan Stern ranks 122. Before him are Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Peter Goldreich (1939), Chad Trujillo (1973), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and Jeff T. Alu (1966). After him are Amy Mainzer (1974), Jan Kleyna (2000), and Robert S. McMillan (2000).

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