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Aleksander Wolszczan

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Aleksander Wolszczan [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈvɔlʂt͡ʂan] (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets. He is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and works as a professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksander Wolszczan has received more than 106,473 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksander Wolszczan is the 288th most popular astronomer (up from 291st in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from Poland (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 288 out of 644. Before him are Allan Sandage, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Charles T. Kowal, Carl Charlier, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, and John Michell. After him are Albert George Wilson, Caterina Scarpellini, Rudolph Minkowski, Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, and Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 308. Before him are Chuck Hagel, Moritz Leuenberger, Robert Gadocha, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Andreas Katsulas, and Gerrie Mühren. After him are Vazgen Manukyan, Michel Delpech, Stan Winston, Bernard Maris, Jüri Tarmak, and Ibn Warraq.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 715 out of 1,694. Before him are Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), Helena Modjeska (1840), Robert Gadocha (1946), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Marek Janowski (1939), and Richard Herrmann (1923). After him are Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Wojciech Gerson (1831), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Lothar Bisky (1941), and Miliza Korjus (1905).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 8. Before him are Robert Luther (1822), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Albert Marth (1828), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), and Maria Cunitz (1610). After him are Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Adalbert Krueger (1832), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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