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Dilhan Eryurt

1926 - 2012

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Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was a Turkish astrophysicist who made major contributions to scientific research on the formation and evolution of the Sun and other main sequence stars. From 1961 to 1973, Eryurt worked for NASA, performing research for the Apollo program. She then established the astrophysics department at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dilhan Eryurt has received more than 401,016 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Dilhan Eryurt is the 437th most popular astronomer (down from 367th in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 994th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 437 out of 644. Before her are Milorad B. Protić, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Cuno Hoffmeister, George Van Biesbroeck, George Herbig, and William Frederick Denning. After her are Odette Bancilhon, Jill Tarter, Gottfried Kirch, Warren De la Rue, Brian Schmidt, and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 342. Before her are Ali Javan, Jan Zwartkruis, Keith Michell, Leonie Rysanek, Zig Ziglar, and Luigi De Magistris. After her are Pino Dordoni, Yehuda Bauer, Abel Goumba, Bob Benny, Egisto Pandolfini, and Rafael Azcona. Among people deceased in 2012, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 292. Before her are Alketas Panagoulias, Tibor Csernai, Cordelia Edvardson, Zig Ziglar, Anna Schwartz, and István Rózsavölgyi. After her are Zalman King, Phyllis Diller, Chikage Awashima, Nelson Prudêncio, Frances Spence, and Juan Pereda.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 960 out of 1,347. Before her are Morphia of Melitene (1010), Manolis Kalomiris (1883), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Bayram Şit (1930), Bedros Tourian (1851), and Alpay Özalan (1973). After her are Bülent Eken (1923), Suzan Kahramaner (1913), Flavian I of Antioch (320), Halit Akçatepe (1938), Konstantios Doukas (1060), and Pixodarus (null).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Türkiye

Among astronomers born in Türkiye, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 8. Before her are Walter Sydney Adams (1876), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Cleomedes (110), Cleostratus (-520), Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943), and Paris Pişmiş (1911).

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