1950 - Today
Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets, who, along with Graham E. Bell, operates the Farpoint Observatory and Sandlot Observatory (H36) in Kansas, United States.He is the co-discoverer of comet 178P/Hug-Bell and was awarded twice a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved near-Earth object searches in 2009 and 2018, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Hug has received more than 14,402 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Hug is the 547th most popular astronomer (down from 498th in 2019).
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Among astronomers, Gary Hug ranks 547 out of 531. Before him are Alan Hale, Chad Trujillo, Miloš Tichý, David J. Tholen, Satoru Otomo, and Wendy Freedman. After him are Debra Fischer, Marc William Buie, Osamu Muramatsu, Matthew J. Holman, Lenka Kotková, and Arnold Wolfendale.
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 541
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 542
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 543
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 544
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 545
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 547
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.56
Rank: 548
1958 - Present
HPI: 34.47
Rank: 549
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 550
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 551
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 552
1927 - 2020
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 553
Among people born in 1950, Gary Hug ranks 618. Before him are Volker Fischer, Pamela Franklin, Parveen Sultana, Pawan Kumar Chamling, Rodney Crowell, and Svetla Otsetova. After him are Nasirul Mulk, Patty Murray, Phoebe Snow, Laura Kelly, Charles Frazier, and Jackie Speier.
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 612
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 613
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 614
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.29
Rank: 615
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 616
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 617
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 618
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 619
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 620
1950 - 2011
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 621
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.71
Rank: 622
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 623
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 624