ASTRONOMER

Johann Palisa

1848 - 1925

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Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 Hilda, 216 Kleopatra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, 324 Bamberga, and the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Palisa has received more than 66,388 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Johann Palisa is the 91st most popular astronomer (down from 50th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Czech Astronomer.

Johann Palisa is most famous for his discovery of the periodic table of chemical elements.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Palisa ranks 91 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Victor Ambartsumian, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Edward Emerson Barnard, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Girolamo Fracastoro. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Petrus Apianus, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Johann Elert Bode, and Wilhelm Tempel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Johann Palisa ranks 27. Before him are Carl Wernicke, Katsura Tarō, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Milena Vukotić, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and Victor Noir. After him are Guido von List, Loránd Eötvös, Hristo Botev, Hermann Alexander Diels, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Among people deceased in 1925, Johann Palisa ranks 37. Before him are Fritz Haarmann, Percy Fawcett, John Singer Sargent, H. Rider Haggard, Pierre Louÿs, and Clément Ader. After him are Max Linder, Lovis Corinth, Christian Krohg, Boris Savinkov, Robert Koldewey, and August von Wassermann.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Johann Palisa ranks 136 out of 1,200. Before him are Antonín Zápotocký (1884), Barbara Bouchet (1943), Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1110), Jan Kubiš (1913), Bretislav I (1005), and Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791). After him are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (852), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Alfred Brendel (1931), Leo Perutz (1882), Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932), and Herbert Lom (1917).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Johann Palisa ranks 1. After him are Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Jana Tichá (1965), Lenka Kotková (1973), Miloš Tichý (1966), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).

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