ASTRONOMER

Fernand Rigaux

1905 - 1962

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Fernand Rigaux (1905 – 21 September 1962) was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium.In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his colleague Sylvain Arend. He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 8 asteroids between 1933 and 1941.The asteroid 19911 Rigaux, discovered by himself at Uccle in 1933, was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 25 December 2015 (M.P.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernand Rigaux has received more than 11,527 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Fernand Rigaux is the 488th most popular astronomer (up from 514th in 2019).

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Fernand Rigaux has had the most page views in the with 1,306 views, followed by Russian (551), and Bavarian (473). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (104.83%), Basque (74.51%), and Esperanto (24.12%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Fernand Rigaux ranks 488 out of 644. Before him are Barnaba Oriani, William Henry Smyth, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Louise du Pierry, Lipót Schulhof, and Robert Julius Trumpler. After him are Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Patrick Moore, Carlos Torres, Ernest Leonard Johnson, William Wilson Morgan, and Yuji Hyakutake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Fernand Rigaux ranks 304. Before him are László Papp, Robert Newton, John Peters Humphrey, Ashley Montagu, Ernst Stueckelberg, and Kay Francis. After him are Louis Armand, Mario de las Casas, Lev Kassil, Maria Vierdag, Hans Scherfig, and Clarice Benini. Among people deceased in 1962, Fernand Rigaux ranks 182. Before him are Władysław Broniewski, Georgina de Albuquerque, Joseph Rock, Bruno Belin, Pontus Hanson, and Lucile Watson. After him are Seiichiro Kashio, Solomon Linda, Harlow Curtice, Owen D. Young, John Ireland, and Jorma Valkama.

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