ASTRONOMER

Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist

1944 - Today

Photo of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist

Icon of person Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist

Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944) is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. He is known for his work on the shapes and spin properties of minor planets.He has discovered three comets, P/1996 R2, C/1996 R3 and 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty. He has also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid (37732) 1996 TY68. Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist, discovered February 11, 1983 by Edward L. G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist has received more than 21,869 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist is the 477th most popular astronomer (up from 482nd in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 869th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvists by language

Over the past year Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist has had the most page views in the with 2,201 views, followed by Swedish (985), and Portuguese (756). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (171.21%), Egyptian Arabic (121.33%), and Slovak (71.95%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 477 out of 644. Before him are Royal Harwood Frost, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Pelageya Shajn, Forest Ray Moulton, and Heinrich Kreutz. After him are Audouin Dollfus, Carl A. Wirtanen, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Hiroki Kosai, Barnaba Oriani, and William Henry Smyth.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 534. Before him are Nancy Chodorow, Tim Bogert, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Emanuel Steward, Joy Fleming, and Erik Pettersson. After him are Guy Scott, Itzhak Vissoker, Christine Goitschel, Houmane Jarir, Abuzed Omar Dorda, and Erhard Keller.

Others Born in 1944

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 867 out of 1,879. Before him are Elis Wiklund (1909), Mary Stävin (1957), Gunnar Höjer (1875), Erik Pettersson (1944), Arne Månsson (1925), and John Levén (1963). After him are Erik Almlöf (1891), Per Ahlmark (1939), Martha Norelius (1909), Daniel Norling (1888), Anders Johansson (1962), and Alf Kjellin (1920).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 8. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546), Oskar Backlund (1846), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Carl Charlier (1862), and Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839).

Swedish born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous