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Matthew J. Holman

1967 - Today

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Matthew J. Holman (born 1967) is a Smithsonian astrophysicist and lecturer at Harvard University. Holman studied at MIT, where he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989 and his PhD in planetary science in 1994. He was awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1998. From 25 January 2015 to 9 February 2021, he held the position of an interim director of IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), after former director Timothy B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew J. Holman has received more than 22,828 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Matthew J. Holman is the 551st most popular astronomer (down from 513th in 2019), the 13,864th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,264th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 22

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  • 2.12

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Matthew J. Holman ranks 551 out of 531. Before him are Satoru Otomo, Wendy Freedman, Gary Hug, Debra Fischer, Marc William Buie, and Osamu Muramatsu. After him are Lenka Kotková, Arnold Wolfendale, Akimasa Nakamura, Zdeněk Moravec, Masayuki Yanai, and Andrea Boattini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Matthew J. Holman ranks 591. Before him are Renée Estevez, Jarkko Oikarinen, Marco V, Max Casella, Mika Brzezinski, and Andrea James. After him are Aleksandr Kirichenko, Udo Quellmalz, Carlos Mencia, Fikret Orman, Jacek Zieliński, and Kellyanne Conway.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew J. Holman ranks 13,864 out of 18,182. Before him are Taffy Abel (1900), John W. Weeks (1860), Everett Dirksen (1896), Jayne Brook (1960), Bonita Friedericy (1961), and Jane Bryan (1918). After him are Young Buck (1981), Melba Moore (1940), Casey Neistat (1981), Mary McCormack (1969), DaMarcus Beasley (1982), and Jimmy Arias (1964).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Matthew J. Holman ranks 120. Before him are Christian Pollas (1947), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Peter Goldreich (1939), Chad Trujillo (1973), and David J. Tholen (1955). After him are Jeff T. Alu (1966), Alan Stern (1957), Amy Mainzer (1974), Jan Kleyna (2000), and Robert S. McMillan (2000).

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