1959 - Today
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 16,203 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masayuki Yanai is the 556th most popular astronomer (down from 518th in 2019), the 2,162nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,830th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Masayuki Yanai ranks 556 out of 531. Before her are Osamu Muramatsu, Matthew J. Holman, Lenka Kotková, Arnold Wolfendale, Akimasa Nakamura, and Zdeněk Moravec. After her are Andrea Boattini, Peter Kušnirák, Anja Cetti Andersen, Sara Seager, Jeff T. Alu, and Brett J. Gladman.
1949 - Present
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 550
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 551
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 552
1927 - 2020
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 553
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 554
1968 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 555
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 556
1969 - Present
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 557
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.21
Rank: 558
1965 - Present
HPI: 32.02
Rank: 559
1971 - Present
HPI: 31.10
Rank: 560
1966 - Present
HPI: 30.87
Rank: 561
1966 - Present
HPI: 30.27
Rank: 562
Among people born in 1959, Masayuki Yanai ranks 652. Before her are René Marsiglia, Hagen Melzer, Marc Cohn, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chrissy Amphlett, and Scott Brown. After her are Romeo Zondervan, Neena Gupta, Penny Pritzker, Vicky Ntetema, Bert Cameron, and Brian Williams.
1959 - 2016
HPI: 33.09
Rank: 646
1959 - Present
HPI: 33.05
Rank: 647
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.85
Rank: 648
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.84
Rank: 649
1959 - 2013
HPI: 32.84
Rank: 650
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.72
Rank: 651
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 652
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.51
Rank: 653
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.45
Rank: 654
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.44
Rank: 655
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 656
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 657
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.34
Rank: 658
Among people born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 2,162 out of 6,048. Before her are Koichi Sugiyama (1971), Yuriko Mizuma (1970), Masanaga Kageyama (1967), Yoshikazu Nonomura (1972), Masanori Sanada (1968), and Akiyo Noguchi (1989). After her are Takahiro Shimotaira (1971), Mariko Shinoda (1986), Yūki Nagasato (1987), Yuko Ogura (1983), Rie Yamaki (1975), and Makoto Sugiyama (1960).
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.57
Rank: 2,156
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.56
Rank: 2,157
1967 - Present
HPI: 32.56
Rank: 2,158
1972 - Present
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 2,159
1968 - 2011
HPI: 32.53
Rank: 2,160
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 2,161
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 2,162
1971 - Present
HPI: 32.50
Rank: 2,163
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.49
Rank: 2,164
1987 - Present
HPI: 32.49
Rank: 2,165
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.47
Rank: 2,166
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.47
Rank: 2,167
1960 - Present
HPI: 32.46
Rank: 2,168
Among astronomers born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 20. Before her are Kin Endate (1960), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Naoto Satō (1953), Alan Hale (1958), and Akimasa Nakamura (1961).
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 15
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 17
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 19
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 20