ASTRONOMER

Geoffrey Marcy

1954 - Today

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Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at San Francisco State University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Marcy has received more than 222,612 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Geoffrey Marcy is the 596th most popular astronomer (down from 533rd in 2019), the 13,006th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,830th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 39.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 596 out of 644. Before him are Rosaly Lopes, Satoru Otomo, Lenka Kotková, Alan Hale, Debra Fischer, and Dorrit Hoffleit. After him are Wendy Freedman, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Françoise Combes, Osamu Muramatsu, Naoto Satō, and Masaru Arai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 631. Before him are Peter Mueller, Cynthia Lummis, Louis de Bernières, Roxanne Seeman, Priscilla Barnes, and Dulce Chacón. After him are Susana Trimarco, Hugh Quarshie, Ken Page, Mark Warner, Hartmut Schade, and Jorge Hernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 13,006 out of 20,380. Before him are Sybil Bauer (1903), Norvel Lee (1924), Charlie Day (1976), Oliver Hudson (1976), Bill Cartwright (1957), and Virginia Christine (1920). After him are Warrel Dane (1961), Richard Mastracchio (1960), Lew Cody (1884), Rod La Rocque (1898), Joseph Cedar (1968), and Linda Purl (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 125. Before him are Christian Pollas (1947), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Adelaide Ames (1900), John Huchra (1948), Jan Kleyna (2000), and Dorrit Hoffleit (1907). After him are Chad Trujillo (1973), James Gunn (1938), Jeff T. Alu (1966), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and Martha P. Haynes (1951).

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