1823 - 1873
Jean Chacornac (21 June 1823 – 23 September 1873) was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids.He was born in Lyon and died in Saint-Jean-en-Royans, southeastern France. Working in Marseille and Paris, he discovered six asteroids in the asteroid belt (see table) and C/1852 K1 (Chacornac), a parabolic comet in 1852. This comet is thought to be the source of the current Eta Eridanids meteors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Chacornac has received more than 23,696 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jean Chacornac is the 155th most popular astronomer (up from 166th in 2019), the 2,067th most popular biography from France (up from 2,143rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Jean Chacornac ranks 155 out of 531. Before him are Guillaume Bigourdan, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Hermann Carl Vogel, Bernard Lyot, George Phillips Bond, and Nicole-Reine Lepaute. After him are Jacobus Kapteyn, Jean Picard, Tobias Mayer, Vesto Slipher, Andreas Cellarius, and N. R. Pogson.
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 149
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 150
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 151
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 152
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 153
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 154
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 155
1851 - 1922
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 156
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 157
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 158
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 159
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 160
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 161
Among people born in 1823, Jean Chacornac ranks 26. Before him are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, John Russell Hind, Gotthold Eisenstein, Konstantin Ushinsky, Joseph Monier, and Théodore de Banville. After him are Pyotr Lavrov, Ante Starčević, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Katsu Kaishū, and Sophie Gengembre Anderson. Among people deceased in 1873, Jean Chacornac ranks 22. Before him are Louis Agassiz, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Viktor Hartmann. After him are José Antonio Páez, Friedrich Wieck, Mary Ann Cotton, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Muhammad IV of Morocco, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
1823 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 20
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 21
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 22
1823 - 1870
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 23
1823 - 1906
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 24
1823 - 1891
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 25
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 26
1823 - 1900
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 27
1823 - 1896
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 28
1823 - 1898
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 29
1823 - 1896
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 30
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1823 - 1903
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 32
1807 - 1873
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 16
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 17
1807 - 1873
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 18
1800 - 1873
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 19
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 20
1834 - 1873
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 21
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 22
1790 - 1873
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 23
1785 - 1873
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 24
1832 - 1873
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 25
1804 - 1873
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 26
1803 - 1873
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 27
1824 - 1873
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 28
Among people born in France, Jean Chacornac ranks 2,067 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), Pierre Hadot (1922), Jean Calas (1698), Pierre Nora (1931), Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), and Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778). After him are Patricia Kaas (1966), Margaret of Bourbon (1438), Yvan Goll (1891), Zénaïde Bonaparte (1801), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), and Michel Polnareff (1944).
1812 - 1895
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 2,061
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 2,062
1698 - 1762
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2,063
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2,064
1540 - 1614
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,065
1778 - 1841
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,066
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,067
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,068
1438 - 1483
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,069
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,070
1801 - 1854
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,071
1771 - 1833
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,072
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,073
Among astronomers born in France, Jean Chacornac ranks 14. Before him are Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Bernard Lyot (1897), and Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723). After him are Jean Picard (1620), Auguste Charlois (1864), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Jean Fernel (1497), and Guillaume Le Gentil (1725).
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 8
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 9
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 10
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 11
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 12
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 13
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 14
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 15
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 16
1748 - 1845
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 17
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 18
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 19
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 20