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Heidi Hammel

1960 - Today

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Heidi B. Hammel (born March 14, 1960) is an American planetary astronomer who has extensively studied Neptune and Uranus. She was part of the team imaging Neptune from Voyager 2 in 1989. She led the team using the Hubble Space Telescope to view Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter in 1994. She has used the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Telescope to study Uranus and Neptune, discovering new information about dark spots, planetary storms and Uranus' rings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Heidi Hammel is the 639th most popular astronomer (down from 628th in 2024), the 17,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,955th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Heidi Hammel ranks 639 out of 644. Before her are Timothy B. Spahr, R. Paul Butler, Terry Lovejoy, Alan Stern, C. Michelle Olmstead, and Zdeněk Moravec. After her are Richard Kowalski, Tetsuo Kagawa, James Gall, John J. Kavelaars, Lisa Kaltenegger, and Konstantin Batygin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Heidi Hammel ranks 1,039. Before her are Craig Hodges, Mike McFarlane, Mark Gorski, Peter Boettke, Nalo Hopkinson, and John Pizzarelli. After her are Ron Kiefel, Loretta Sanchez, Dean Heller, Ruth E. Carter, Caroline Lucas, and Stephen Hicks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heidi Hammel ranks 17,555 out of 20,380. Before her are Markieff Morris (1989), Justin Chon (1981), Bobby Campo (1983), Jonathan Lipnicki (1990), Laura Harrier (1990), and Emanuel Cleaver (1944). After her are Cooper Andrews (1985), Bailee Madison (1999), Peter Cambor (1978), Angelica Bridges (1973), Jaylen Brown (1996), and Andre Cason (1969).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Heidi Hammel ranks 136. Before her are Jeff T. Alu (1966), Martha P. Haynes (1951), Kenneth J. Lawrence (null), R. Paul Butler (1960), Alan Stern (1957), and C. Michelle Olmstead (1969). After her are Amy Mainzer (1974), Natalie Batalha (1966), Robert S. McMillan (2000), Amy Barger (1971), and Tabetha S. Boyajian (null).

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