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David H. Levy

1948 - Today

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David Howard Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian amateur astronomer, science writer and discoverer of comets and minor planets, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David H. Levy has received more than 153,885 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David H. Levy is the 325th most popular astronomer (up from 464th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Canada (up from 434th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David H. Levies by language

Over the past year David H. Levy has had the most page views in the with 16,700 views, followed by Italian (3,345), and Persian (2,854). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bavarian (144.89%), Slovenian (114.48%), and Catalan (102.85%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, David H. Levy ranks 325 out of 644. Before him are Nils Christoffer Dunér, Ercole Dembowski, Maarten Schmidt, Herbert Hall Turner, Eise Eisinga, and Fang Lizhi. After him are Félix Tisserand, Christine Kirch, Joseph Helffrich, Jing Fang, Alvan Clark, and Andronicus of Cyrrhus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, David H. Levy ranks 322. Before him are Shigesato Itoi, Josef Hickersberger, Joe Dallesandro, Pedro Artola, Joel Santana, and Otto Waalkes. After him are Ndaye Mulamba, Eddy Grant, Norbert Lammert, Ted Nugent, Eddie Jordan, and Enver Marić.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David H. Levy ranks 238 out of 1,622. Before him are Marie Dressler (1868), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), Michael Ontkean (1946), R. Murray Schafer (1933), and Kim Campbell (1947). After him are Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), Ann Rutherford (1917), Allan Dwan (1885), Phil Esposito (1942), and Kenneth Welsh (1942).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Canada

Among astronomers born in Canada, David H. Levy ranks 5. Before him are Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Hubert Reeves (1932), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), and James Craig Watson (1838). After him are Carlyle S. Beals (1899), Wendy Freedman (1957), Brett J. Gladman (1966), Sara Seager (1971), Linda A. Morabito (1953), and Dale Frail (1961).

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