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Charles T. Kowal

1940 - 2011

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Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System. As a staff astronomer at Caltech's Mount Wilson and Palomar Mountain observatories between 1961 and 1984, he found the first of a new class of Solar System objects, the centaurs, discovered two moons of the planet Jupiter, and discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids, comets and supernovae. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles T. Kowal has received more than 44,109 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Charles T. Kowal is the 266th most popular astronomer (up from 280th in 2019), the 4,027th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,118th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Charles T. Kowal ranks 266 out of 531Before him are Bengt Strömgren, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sylvain Arend, David Gill, Franz Xaver von Zach, and Benjamin Apthorp Gould. After him are Antonia Maury, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Laurent Cassegrain, Jean Richer, Carl Charlier, and Lewis Boss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Charles T. Kowal ranks 224Before him are Tony Allen, Silvio Marzolini, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, István Csom, Richard Williamson, and John Lewis. After him are Jan Eliasson, Ali Saibou, Manuel Esquivel, Peter Atkins, Silva Batuta, and Gösta Pettersson. Among people deceased in 2011, Charles T. Kowal ranks 161Before him are Harri Holkeri, Bora Kostić, Sándor Képíró, Andrea True, Anne Francis, and John Stott. After him are Würzel, Ali Saibou, Norio Ohga, Koichi Tohei, Arnošt Lustig, and Kazimierz Świątek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles T. Kowal ranks 4,027 out of 18,182Before him are Jerome Kern (1885), Kevin Feige (1973), Sarah Clarke (1972), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Bobby Vinton (1935), and Dana Reeve (1961). After him are Maureen Stapleton (1925), Ray Brown (1926), Gregory Benford (1941), Earl Hines (1903), Dimebag Darrell (1966), and Nick Cravat (1912).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Charles T. Kowal ranks 51Before him are James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824). After him are Antonia Maury (1866), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Lewis Boss (1846), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Allan Sandage (1926), and Adam Riess (1969).