ASTRONOMER

Masayuki Yanai

1959 - Today

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Masayuki Yanai (箭内 政之, Yanai Masayuki, born 1959) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific co-discoverer of minor planets. One of his co-discoveries is the dark, inner main-belt asteroid 3915 Fukushima. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masayuki Yanai has received more than 17,418 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Masayuki Yanai is the 584th most popular astronomer (down from 556th in 2019), the 1,807th most popular biography from Japan (up from 2,156th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Masayuki Yanai ranks 584 out of 644. Before her are James Ferguson, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Adelaide Ames, Madge Adam, Maura Tombelli, and Arnold Wolfendale. After her are Tomimaru Okuni, Stefano Sposetti, Jana Tichá, John Huchra, Jan Kleyna, and Rosaly Lopes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Masayuki Yanai ranks 524. Before her are Lydia Lunch, Peter Pacult, Chi Chi LaRue, Dennis Chambers, Rafael Amador, and Georgi Dimitrov. After her are Uma Bharti, Karl Shuker, Nagarjuna, Sjaak Troost, Petar Rajič, and Tim Van Patten.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 1,807 out of 6,245. Before her are Saki Kumagai (1990), Atsuhiro Miura (1974), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Yoshito Ōkubo (1982), Ken Hirai (1972), and Norio Omura (1969). After her are Naoya Ogawa (1968), Emi Shinohara (1963), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Kae Nishina (1972), Toranosuke Takagi (1974), and Maki Haneta (1972).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 18. Before her are Okuro Oikawa (1896), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Seiji Ueda (1952), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kin Endate (1960), and Kenzo Suzuki (1950). After her are Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Alan Hale (1958), Naoto Satō (1953), Masaru Arai (1952), Hiroshi Mori (1958), and Akimasa Nakamura (1961).

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