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Carl A. Wirtanen

1910 - 1990

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Carl Alvar Wirtanen (November 11, 1910 – March 7, 1990) was an American astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets who worked at Lick Observatory. He was of Finnish ancestry. Wirtanen was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl A. Wirtanen has received more than 23,246 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl A. Wirtanen is the 368th most popular astronomer (up from 374th in 2019), the 5,788th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,691st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 368 out of 531Before him are Hendrik van Gent, Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, Christoph Arnold, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, and Dilhan Eryurt. After him are Peter van de Kamp, Forest Ray Moulton, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Frank Schlesinger, Caterina Scarpellini, and Herbert Friedman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 217Before him are Gyula Kállai, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Mary Wickes, Abraham Polonsky, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Charles Crichton, Piero Pasinati, Raoul Diagne, Fernando de Santiago, Carlo Ceresoli, and Robert Havemann. Among people deceased in 1990, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 177Before him are Michael Oakeshott, David Stirling, Mario Pizziolo, Geir Hallgrímsson, Horst Bienek, and Concha Piquer. After him are Turan Dursun, Léopold Anoul, Paco Godia, Manly P. Hall, Araken Patusca, and Nadia Gamal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 5,788 out of 18,182Before him are Olivia Wilde (1984), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Rick Husband (1957), Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Carol Channing (1921), and Nicholas Gonzalez (1976). After him are Florence Lee (1888), Otto Warmbier (1994), William Gibson (1914), Taylor Kinney (1981), Lawrence Roberts (1937), and Tracy Chevalier (1962).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 68Before him are Frank Muller (1862), Eugene Parker (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), David Rittenhouse (1732), Sandra Faber (1944), and Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816). After him are Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Herbert Friedman (1916), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), and Henry E. Holt (1929).