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John Broughton

1952 - Today

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John Broughton (born 1952) is an Australian amateur astronomer and artist. He is among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets worldwide, credited by the Minor Planet Center with more than a thousand discoveries made between 1997 and 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Broughton has received more than 31,823 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Broughton is the 515th most popular astronomer (up from 518th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Australia (up from 303rd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Astronomer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, John Broughton ranks 515 out of 644. Before him are DeLisle Stewart, Kaoru Ikeya, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Edwin Foster Coddington, Wilhelm Anderson, and John Dobson. After him are Hans-Emil Schuster, Agnes Mary Clerke, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Minoru Honda, María Teresa Ruiz, and John N. Bahcall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, John Broughton ranks 484. Before him are Vladimir Vasyutin, Harold Solomon, Darya Dontsova, Michael McDonald, Şehrazat, and Norbert Walter-Borjans. After him are Jerzy Szmajdziński, Jacek Yerka, Justin Yifu Lin, Narada Michael Walden, Attilio Fontana, and Mario Theissen.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Broughton ranks 279 out of 1,143. Before him are Iggy Azalea (1990), Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936), Herb Elliott (1938), Mark Viduka (1975), Alexander Volkanovski (1988), and Vern Schuppan (1943). After him are Markus Zusak (1975), Frank Hurley (1885), Dave Power (1928), Jason Donovan (1968), Bill Bruce (1923), and Stephen Laybutt (1977).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Australia

Among astronomers born in Australia, John Broughton ranks 1. After him are Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), and Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

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