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Amy Mainzer

1974 - Today

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Amy Mainzer (born January 2, 1974) is an American astronomer, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy. She was the deputy project scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and is the principal investigator for its NEOWISE extension to study minor planets and for the future Near Earth Object Surveyor space telescope mission. She also hosted segments for and served as science curriculum consultant and executive producer for the PBS Kids series Ready Jet Go!. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amy Mainzer has received more than 369,950 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Amy Mainzer is the 625th most popular astronomer (down from 565th in 2019), the 16,583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 16,162nd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 370k

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  • 41.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Amy Mainzer ranks 625 out of 644. Before her are Akimasa Nakamura, Marc William Buie, Anja Cetti Andersen, Eva Grebel, Zdeněk Moravec, and Dale Frail. After her are James Gall, Tetsuo Kagawa, Heidi Hammel, Alan Stern, Ulrika Babiaková, and Vicky Kalogera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Amy Mainzer ranks 790. Before her are Adel Nefzi, Fernando Correa, Caíco, Yoshika Matsubara, Isaiah Mustafa, and Viktor Röthlin. After her are Etan Cohen, Martin Gerber, Derek Cianfrance, Shadi Sadr, Dennis Lawrence, and Jemima Goldsmith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amy Mainzer ranks 16,583 out of 20,380. Before her are Nathan Chen (1999), Kendall Cross (1968), Alisa Marić (1970), Rawson Marshall Thurber (1975), Matt Riddle (1986), and Jordana Spiro (1977). After her are David Wheaton (1969), Rob Cavallo (1963), Tom Cole (1949), Allan Houston (1971), Josh Pence (1982), and Tim Story (1970).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Amy Mainzer ranks 132. Before her are Chad Trujillo (1973), James Gunn (1938), Jeff T. Alu (1966), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and Martha P. Haynes (1951). After her are Heidi Hammel (1960), Alan Stern (1957), C. Michelle Olmstead (1969), and Robert S. McMillan (2000).

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