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Freimut Börngen

1930 - 2021

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Freimut Börngen (German: [ˈfʁaɪmuːt ˈbœʁŋən]; 17 October 1930 – 19 June 2021) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. A few sources give his first name wrongly as "Freimuth". The Minor Planet Center credits him as F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freimut Börngen has received more than 28,615 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Freimut Börngen is the 273rd most popular astronomer (down from 243rd in 2019), the 3,235th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,928th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Freimut Börngen ranks 273 out of 644. Before him are William Cranch Bond, Guido Bonatti, Jean-Louis Pons, Theodor von Oppolzer, Philippe van Lansberge, and Niccolò Zucchi. After him are Luigi Carnera, Paul Wild, Kidinnu, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, Vladimir Albitsky, and John Machin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Freimut Börngen ranks 251. Before him are Gregory Corso, Orvar Bergmark, Paul Poupard, Ahmed Osman, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, and Julián Herranz Casado. After him are Robert Evans, Sergei Kovalev, Dick Sargent, Richard C. Sarafian, Antonio Saura, and Robert Prosky. Among people deceased in 2021, Freimut Börngen ranks 225. Before him are Marc Ferro, Yury Vlasov, Roger Hunt, Louis Andriessen, Margitta Gummel, and Lamine Diack. After him are Yevhen Marchuk, Sergei Kovalev, Carlos do Carmo, Nick Kamen, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Freimut Börngen ranks 3,235 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Niemann (1834), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Paul Bader (1883), Walter Hasenclever (1890), Gustav Fehn (1892), and Joachim Lemelsen (1888). After him are Jürgen Croy (1946), Lorenz Heister (1683), Anita Berber (1899), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Louis III, Duke of Württemberg (1554), and Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Freimut Börngen ranks 44. Before him are Johannes Fabricius (1587), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), and Maria Clara Eimmart (1676). After him are Otto Lesser (1830), Carl Gustav Witt (1866), Franz Kaiser (1891), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Christine Kirch (1697), and Joseph Helffrich (1890).

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