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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 66,246 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Luboš Kohoutek is the 340th most popular astronomer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 355th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Astronomer.

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  • 49.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 340 out of 531. Before him are Vladimir Albitsky, Georges Rayet, Gustav Spörer, Viktor Knorre, Maarten Schmidt, and Félix Tisserand. After him are Eugene Parker, Dirk Brouwer, Paul W. Merrill, Odette Bancilhon, Vladimir Kotelnikov, and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 250. Before him are Alfrēds Rubiks, Richard M. Karp, Dinkha IV, Ronald Graham, Fernando del Paso, and Rusty Schweickart. After him are Noriko Ohara, José María Gil-Robles, Imre Makovecz, Lee Hoi-chang, Andréa Parisy, and Mari Törőcsik. Among people deceased in 2023, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 207. Before him are Ken Block, Burhan Sargun, Dariush Mehrjui, Andre Braugher, Thomas Williams, and Jerry Springer. After him are José María Gil-Robles, Ruth Fuchs, Greta Andersen, Josephine Chaplin, Alfredo M. Bonanno, and Meir Shalev.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 458 out of 973. Before him are Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Bohumil Kubišta (1884), Vlastimil Kopecký (1912), Egon Bondy (1930), Ladislav Klíma (1878), and Milan Máčala (1943). After him are František Junek (1907), Koloman Gögh (1948), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), and Ignaz Brüll (1846).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 5. Before him are Johann Palisa (1848), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), and Tadeáš Hájek (1525). After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Jana Tichá (1965), Miloš Tichý (1966), Lenka Kotková (1973), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).

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