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Luboš Kohoutek

1935 - 2023

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Luboš Kohoutek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkoɦou̯tɛk]; 29 January 1935 – 30 December 2023) was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luboš Kohoutek has received more than 74,857 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Luboš Kohoutek is the 168th most popular astronomer (up from 340th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 458th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Astronomer.

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  • 62.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 168 out of 644. Before him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Norman Lockyer, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Williamina Fleming, Harlow Shapley, and William Robert Brooks. After him are Hubert Reeves, Michael H. Hart, J. Allen Hynek, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and Tobias Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 113. Before him are Robert Silverberg, Michael Walzer, Nikos Sampson, Paula Rego, Ján Popluhár, and John Phillips. After him are Thomas Keneally, Azzedine Alaïa, Richard Kuklinski, Bruno Sammartino, Jan Saudek, and André Brink. Among people deceased in 2023, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 153. Before him are Yuri Temirkanov, Anne Perry, Américo Lopes, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Treat Williams, and Kaija Saariaho. After him are Arnaldo Forlani, Hubert Reeves, Jim Hines, Inna Churikova, Ruslan Khasbulatov, and Salif Keïta.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 236 out of 1,200. Before him are Martin of Opava (1300), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (1031), Josef Abrhám (1939), Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390), and Viliam Schrojf (1931). After him are Petr Ginz (1928), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Emil Orlík (1870), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), Karel Brückner (1939), and Anne of Bavaria (1329).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 2. Before him are Johann Palisa (1848). After him are 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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