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James L. Elliot

1943 - 2011

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James Ludlow Elliot (June 17, 1943 – March 3, 2011) was an American astronomer and scientist who, as part of a team, discovered the rings around the planet Uranus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James L. Elliot has received more than 35,827 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James L. Elliot is the 384th most popular astronomer (up from 427th in 2019), the 5,857th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,894th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James L. Elliot ranks 384 out of 644. Before him are Chushiro Hayashi, Johann von Lamont, Christoph Arnold, Margaret Geller, André Patry, and Henry E. Holt. After him are Alenush Terian, George Henry Peters, Nathaniel Bliss, Janet Akyüz Mattei, George O. Abell, and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, James L. Elliot ranks 401. Before him are Jaak Panksepp, Tony Joe White, Peter Sinfield, Janet Margolin, John Lennox, and Androulla Vassiliou. After him are Butler Lampson, Perry Christie, Sharon Gless, Cilla Black, Harry Shearer, and Masayuki Uemura. Among people deceased in 2011, James L. Elliot ranks 261. Before him are Inge Sørensen, Marco Simoncelli, Moacyr Scliar, Gil Scott-Heron, Anna Massey, and Géza Alföldy. After him are Alenush Terian, Francesco Quinn, Grete Waitz, Scott Columbus, Nate Dogg, and Amparo Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James L. Elliot ranks 5,857 out of 20,380. Before him are Milman Parry (1902), Fred Alderman (1905), Juan Trippe (1899), Joe Lieberman (1942), Steven Adler (1965), and William Rehnquist (1924). After him are Khandi Alexander (1957), Chad Stahelski (1968), Louise Dresser (1878), Mark Tobey (1890), Benjamin Orr (1947), and Jacqueline Cochran (1906).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, James L. Elliot ranks 72. Before him are Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), and Henry E. Holt (1929). After him are George O. Abell (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Elizabeth Roemer (1929), Harold D. Babcock (1882), and Joel Stebbins (1878).

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