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Heikki A. Alikoski

1912 - 1997

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Heikki A. Alikoski (1912, in Oulu – 28 December 1997, in Turku) was a Finnish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. From 1937 to 1956, he was an observatory assistant under Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, where he discovered 12 asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heikki A. Alikoski has received more than 12,346 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Heikki A. Alikoski is the 282nd most popular astronomer (up from 306th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Heikki A. Alikoski ranks 282 out of 531. Before him are Maria Clara Eimmart, Karl Christian Bruhns, Mashallah ibn Athari, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Liisi Oterma. After him are John Machin, Frank Watson Dyson, André-Louis Danjon, Benjamin Baillaud, Raymond Smith Dugan, and Henri-Alexandre Deslandres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Heikki A. Alikoski ranks 167. Before him are Ferdinand Leitner, Erich Leinsdorf, Moses Finley, Roy Sullivan, Maguba Syrtlanova, and Pierre Grimal. After him are Alfred Deller, Michele Andreolo, Xavier Montsalvatge, Christopher Hill, Luiz Gonzaga, and Ioannis Alevras. Among people deceased in 1997, Heikki A. Alikoski ranks 138. Before him are William Martínez, Joan Coromines, Dick van Dijk, Kang Song-san, Brian Connolly, and Ziya Bunyadov. After him are Aurelio González, Georges Marchal, Agnieszka Osiecka, Alexander Kazhdan, Sándor Végh, and Misael Pastrana Borrero.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Heikki A. Alikoski ranks 133 out of 642. Before him are Selim Palmgren (1878), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Gunnar Nordström (1881), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Liisi Oterma (1915), and Mauno Pekkala (1890). After him are Ville Valo (1976), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Lauri Virtanen (1904), and Elias Katz (1901).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Finland

Among astronomers born in Finland, Heikki A. Alikoski ranks 3. Before him are Yrjö Väisälä (1891) and Liisi Oterma (1915). After him are Hugo Gyldén (1841).

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