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Catherine Cesarsky

1943 - Today

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Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky (born Catherine Jeanne Gattegno on 24 February 1943) is an Argentine and French astronomer, known for her research activities in astrophysics and for her leadership in astronomy and atomic energy. She is the current chairperson of the Square Kilometre Array's governing body, SKAO Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Cesarsky has received more than 29,645 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Catherine Cesarsky is the 413th most popular astronomer (down from 380th in 2019), the 4,323rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,914th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Astronomer.

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  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 413 out of 644. Before her are Elizabeth Roemer, Otto Heckmann, Hugo Gyldén, Grigory Shajn, Harold Spencer Jones, and Harold D. Babcock. After her are William Rutter Dawes, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Giuseppe Asclepi, Shi Shen, Lutz D. Schmadel, and Frederik Kaiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 439. Before her are Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Peter Norton, Charles Hallahan, Shinobu Sekine, Susan Clark, and Rick Danko. After her are Bert Jansch, Wolfgang Nordwig, Masatoshi Shima, Lucius Shepard, Brian Hyland, and Xaviera Hollander.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 4,323 out of 6,770. Before her are Colette Besson (1946), Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273), Édouard Spach (1801), Michel Aupetit (1951), Philippe Chatrier (1926), and Gil de Ferran (1967). After her are Jean-Marie Poiré (1945), Céline Tran (1979), André Tassin (1902), Eric of Friuli (800), François Marty (1904), and Étienne Brûlé (1592).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 41. Before her are Félix Tisserand (1845), Hervé Faye (1814), Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918), Adrien Auzout (1622), André Patry (1902), and Marguerite Laugier (1896). After her are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Fernand Courty (1862), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), and Alfred Schmitt (1907).

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