1953 - Today
Carolyn C. Porco (born March 6, 1953) is an American planetary scientist who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carolyn Porco has received more than 259,084 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Carolyn Porco is the 466th most popular astronomer (up from 477th in 2019), the 7,717th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,543rd in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Carolyn Porco ranks 466 out of 531. Before her are David Todd Wilkinson, William Robert Brooks, Margaret Geller, William de Wiveleslie Abney, David H. Levy, and Pierre Puiseux. After her are Royal Harwood Frost, Edward S. Holden, DeLisle Stewart, Fyodor Bredikhin, Bohdan Paczyński, and Robert Emden.
1935 - 2002
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 460
1844 - 1921
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 461
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 462
1843 - 1920
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 463
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 464
1855 - 1928
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 465
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 466
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 467
1846 - 1914
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 468
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 469
1831 - 1904
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 470
1940 - 2007
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 471
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 472
Among people born in 1953, Carolyn Porco ranks 333. Before her are Ladislav Jurkemik, Ho Ching, Enzo Trossero, Peter Garrett, Pertti Karppinen, and Ron Clements. After her are Christopher Franke, Matija Ljubek, Rachid Bouchareb, Zigmantas Balčytis, Jürgen Pommerenke, and Patrick Chamoiseau.
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 327
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 328
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 329
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 330
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 331
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 332
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 333
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 334
1953 - 2000
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 335
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 336
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 337
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 338
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 339
Among people born in United States, Carolyn Porco ranks 7,717 out of 18,182. Before her are Josh Dallas (1978), Louise Erdrich (1954), Charles A. Beard (1874), Gerald Carr (1932), Willard Metcalf (1858), and Mose Allison (1927). After her are Barry Sullivan (1912), Larry Drake (1950), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), Michael Anthony (1954), Tony Hillerman (1925), and Ashlyn Gere (1959).
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7,711
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7,712
1874 - 1948
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7,713
1932 - 2020
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 7,714
1858 - 1925
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,715
1927 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,716
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,717
1912 - 1994
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,718
1950 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,719
1914 - 1948
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,720
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,721
1925 - 2008
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 7,722
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,723
Among astronomers born in United States, Carolyn Porco ranks 98. Before her are Harold D. Babcock (1882), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), and Margaret Geller (1947). After her are Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Edward S. Holden (1846), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), and John N. Bahcall (1934).
1882 - 1968
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 92
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 93
1731 - 1806
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 94
1847 - 1921
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 95
1935 - 2002
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 96
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 97
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 98
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 99
1846 - 1914
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 100
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 101
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 102
1843 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 103
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 104