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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 214,306 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Geoffrey Marcy is the 533rd most popular astronomer (down from 503rd in 2019), the 11,857th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,114th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 210k

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  • 38.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 533 out of 531. Before him are Kin Endate, Korado Korlević, Mary Proctor, Christian Pollas, Kazuro Watanabe, and Jana Tichá. After him are Scott S. Sheppard, Peter Goldreich, Françoise Combes, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Hiroshi Mori, and Rosaly Lopes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 549. Before him are Barbara Prammer, Jutta Kirst, Allison Anders, Iain Duncan Smith, Mike Hagerty, and Don Stark. After him are Frédéric Pietruszka, José Van Tuyne, Kristine DeBell, Maatia Toafa, Ben Barres, and Craig Wasson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 11,857 out of 18,182. Before him are Steven M. Greer (1955), Robert Frazer (1891), Hans Conried (1917), Mario Lopez (1973), Chris Frantz (1951), and Fred Clark (1914). After him are John Ventimiglia (1963), James Toney (1968), Beatrice Rosen (1984), Jewel De'Nyle (1976), Todd Bridges (1965), and Frank Ocean (1987).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Geoffrey Marcy ranks 115. Before him are Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Thomas Bopp (1949), Charles W. Juels (1944), Bruce C. Murray (1931), A. E. Douglass (1867), and Christian Pollas (1947). After him are Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Peter Goldreich (1939), Chad Trujillo (1973), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and Jeff T. Alu (1966).

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