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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 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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  • 16k

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  • 32.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Masayuki Yanai ranks 556 out of 531Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Masayuki Yanai ranks 652Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 2,162 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Masayuki Yanai ranks 20Before her are Kin Endate (1960), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Naoto Satō (1953), Alan Hale (1958), and Akimasa Nakamura (1961).