ASTRONOMER

Carlos Torres

1929 - 2011

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Carlos Torres (1929–2011) was a Chilean astronomer of the University of Chile and an individual member of the International Astronomical Union on several commissions. Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Torres has received more than 30,167 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Torres is the 491st most popular astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Carlos Torres ranks 491 out of 644. Before him are Louise du Pierry, Lipót Schulhof, Robert Julius Trumpler, Fernand Rigaux, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, and Patrick Moore. After him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, William Wilson Morgan, Yuji Hyakutake, Robert Emden, Frank Shu, and Takao Kobayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Carlos Torres ranks 422. Before him are Remco Campert, Mikhail Krivonosov, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Kazimir Hnatow, and Manfred Kaiser. After him are Marcelino dos Santos, Antonine Maillet, Goffredo Parise, Amar Bose, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, and Vanja Blomberg. Among people deceased in 2011, Carlos Torres ranks 366. Before him are Bronislovas Lubys, Alfons Van Brandt, George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, Cesare Rubini, and Gonzalo Rojas. After him are Yrjö Hietanen, Barbara Kent, Joe Simon, Kuno Klötzer, Hans Kalt, and Elisabeth Sladen.

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