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Eleanor F. Helin

1932 - 2009

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Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin (née Francis, 19 November 1932 – 25 January 2009) was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin.) Helin was a prolific discoverer of minor planets (see list) and several comets, including periodic comets 111P/Helin–Roman–Crockett, 117P/Helin–Roman–Alu and 132P/Helin–Roman–Alu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor F. Helin has received more than 58,240 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Eleanor F. Helin is the 232nd most popular astronomer (down from 193rd in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,933rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Eleanor F. Helin ranks 232 out of 531. Before her are George Ellery Hale, Nancy Roman, Thomas Gold, John Michell, Agrippa, and Henri Debehogne. After her are James Glaisher, Adriaan Blaauw, Rudolph Minkowski, Didier Queloz, Halton Arp, and James Edward Keeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Eleanor F. Helin ranks 180. Before her are Ervin László, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tony Brooks, Mamo Wolde, Carlos Borges, and Joel Grey. After her are Michihiro Ozawa, Yukio Shimomura, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Vladimir Voinovich, Tommy Taylor, and King Hu. Among people deceased in 2009, Eleanor F. Helin ranks 129. Before her are Béla Király, Guillermo Endara, Joan Martí i Alanis, Tayeb Salih, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Friaça. After her are Alda Merini, Rosanna Schiaffino, David Eddings, Allen Klein, Ron Silver, and Shi Pei Pu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eleanor F. Helin ranks 3,513 out of 18,182. Before her are Seth MacFarlane (1973), John Paul Getty III (1956), Tim Buckley (1947), Michael Graves (1934), Tracey Adams (1958), and Sam Francis (1923). After her are Alan Perlis (1922), Natacha Rambova (1897), Vince Vaughn (1970), Richard E. Bellman (1920), William P. Rogers (1913), and Peter Senge (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Eleanor F. Helin ranks 43. Before her are James W. Christy (1938), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Milton L. Humason (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), and Nancy Roman (1925). After her are Halton Arp (1927), James Edward Keeler (1857), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), William Cranch Bond (1789), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), and Alvan Graham Clark (1832).

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