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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 155,468 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). David H. Levy is the 464th most popular astronomer (down from 450th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Canada (down from 396th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Astronomer.

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  • 160k

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  • 44.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, David H. Levy ranks 464 out of 531. Before him are John Dobson, Mary Watson Whitney, David Todd Wilkinson, William Robert Brooks, Margaret Geller, and William de Wiveleslie Abney. After him are Pierre Puiseux, Carolyn Porco, Royal Harwood Frost, Edward S. Holden, DeLisle Stewart, and Fyodor Bredikhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, David H. Levy ranks 467. Before him are Ylli Bufi, A Martinez, Nancy Kress, Enriqueta Basilio, Giuseppe Petrocchi, and Marc Okrand. After him are Richard Sinclair, Mick Rock, Pekka Vasala, Pedro Artola, Carme Riera, and Rita Barberá.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David H. Levy ranks 435 out of 1,350. Before him are Kathleen Robertson (1973), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Marcel Dionne (1951), Rosa Salazar (1985), Louise Arbour (1947), and Erica Durance (1978). After him are Corey Haim (1971), Emily VanCamp (1986), Marie-Josée Croze (1970), John Howe (1957), Scotty Bowman (1933), and Ian Millar (1947).

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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), James Craig Watson (1838), and John Stanley Plaskett (1865). After him are Wendy Freedman (1957), Sara Seager (1971), Brett J. Gladman (1966), and Dale Frail (1961).

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