1938 - Today
James Walter "Jim" Christy (born September 15, 1938) is an American astronomer known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James W. Christy has received more than 59,547 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. James W. Christy is the 208th most popular astronomer (down from 181st in 2019), the 3,143rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,811th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, James W. Christy ranks 208 out of 531. Before him are Johannes Fabricius, Rudolf Wolf, William Wallace Campbell, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Guillaume Le Gentil, and Edward L. G. Bowell. After him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Timocharis, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Sergey Belyavsky, and Martin Schwarzschild.
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 202
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 203
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 204
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 205
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 207
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 208
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 209
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 210
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 211
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 212
1883 - 1953
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 213
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 214
Among people born in 1938, James W. Christy ranks 184. Before him are Per Kirkeby, Isabelle Aubret, Takehiko Kawanishi, Sergei Novikov, Götz George, and Manuel Sanchís Martínez. After him are Daniel Buren, Perry Anderson, Jim Simons, Yuri Temirkanov, Carmela Corren, and Larry Niven.
1938 - 2018
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 178
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 179
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 180
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 181
1938 - 2016
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 182
1938 - 2017
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 183
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 184
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 185
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 186
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 187
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 188
1938 - 2022
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 189
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 190
Among people born in United States, James W. Christy ranks 3,143 out of 18,182. Before him are Jackie Stallone (1921), Arnold Palmer (1929), Mos Def (1973), Sheryl Crow (1962), Leslie Lamport (1941), and Clara Barton (1821). After him are Cedric Gibbons (1893), John C. Mather (1946), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Larry Sanger (1968), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), and Susan Sullivan (1942).
1921 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,137
1929 - 2016
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,138
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,139
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,140
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,141
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,142
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,143
1893 - 1960
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,144
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,145
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,146
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,147
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,148
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 3,149
Among astronomers born in United States, James W. Christy ranks 37. Before him are Michael H. Hart (1932), William Henry Pickering (1858), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and William Wallace Campbell (1862). After him are Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Milton L. Humason (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), Nancy Roman (1925), and Eleanor F. Helin (1932).
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 31
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 32
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 33
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 34
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 35
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 37
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 38
1872 - 1942
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 39
1891 - 1972
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 40
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 41
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 42
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 43