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Bruce C. Murray

1931 - 2013

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Bruce Churchill Murray (November 30, 1931 – August 29, 2013) was an American planetary scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce C. Murray has received more than 75,590 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bruce C. Murray is the 558th most popular astronomer (down from 522nd in 2019), the 10,614th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,564th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bruce C. Murrays by language

Over the past year Bruce C. Murray has had the most page views in the with 6,146 views, followed by Russian (1,072), and Chinese (1,038). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (103.88%), French (101.72%), and Ukrainian (72.73%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bruce C. Murray ranks 558 out of 644. Before him are David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, Thomas Romney Robinson, Richard A. Proctor, and Mary Ward. After him are John August Anderson, Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, Thomas Bopp, and Robert Herman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bruce C. Murray ranks 543. Before him are Georgi Vladimov, Josephine Tewson, Jerry Herman, Bernie Geoffrion, Boris Gurevich, and Andrew Hill. After him are Arthur Fry, Felix Sobolev, George Baker, Elliott Belgrave, Flora Nwapa, and Barbara Barrie. Among people deceased in 2013, Bruce C. Murray ranks 444. Before him are Hugh Huxley, Slim Whitman, Kauko Hänninen, Aaron Swartz, Jacques Grimonpon, and Haji. After him are Vern Mikkelsen, Reeva Steenkamp, Vasile Tiță, Tony Gaze, Stanislav Stepashkin, and Bill Hoskyns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce C. Murray ranks 10,614 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Hill (1931), Louis Kuehn (1901), Christine Korsgaard (1952), June Christy (1925), Kathy Ellis (1946), and Naomi Parker Fraley (1921). After him are Herman Chernoff (1923), Gillian Flynn (1971), Eugenie Scott (1945), Samuel S. Hinds (1875), Richard Blumenthal (1946), and T Bone Burnett (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Bruce C. Murray ranks 110. Before him are Charles Augustus Young (1834), Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Rittenhouse (1732), and Scott S. Sheppard (1977). After him are John August Anderson (1876), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Thomas Bopp (1949), Robert Herman (1914), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), and Peter Goldreich (1939).

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