ASTRONOMER

Michel Giacobini

1873 - 1938

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Michel Giacobini (1873–1938) was a French astronomer. He discovered a number of comets, including 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (parent body of the Giacobinids meteor shower), 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, and 205P/Giacobini. The latter he had discovered at Nice on 4 September 1896, but it was not seen on its return, a little less than 7 years later, and was considered a lost comet and consequently designated D/1896 R2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Giacobini has received more than 17,687 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Giacobini is the 501st most popular astronomer (down from 448th in 2019), the 4,799th most popular biography from France (down from 4,256th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Michel Giacobini ranks 501 out of 644. Before him are Robert Emden, Frank Shu, Takao Kobayashi, David C. Jewitt, James Challis, and Pierre Puiseux. After him are Matvey Gusev, Hisashi Kimura, Julie Vinter Hansen, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, Bohdan Paczyński, and Jane Luu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Michel Giacobini ranks 173. Before him are Lev Chugaev, Dimitri Arakishvili, Robert Wrenn, Dimitrios Maximos, Frank Wild, and Juliette Atkinson. After him are Gombojab Tsybikov, Jānis Endzelīns, Henri Helle, Karl Jatho, George Orton, and Walter de la Mare. Among people deceased in 1938, Michel Giacobini ranks 198. Before him are Pedro Figari, Al Ernest Garcia, Harvey S. Firestone, John Exley, Alexander Amfiteatrov, and Herbert Jamison. After him are Johannes van Dijk, Harry Myers, Zitkala-Sa, Warner Oland, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and Andreas Michalakopoulos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Giacobini ranks 4,799 out of 6,770. Before him are Anthony Martial (1995), Jean Despeaux (1915), Marion Hänsel (1949), Pierre Trentin (1944), Pierre Puiseux (1855), and Stéphanie Frappart (1983). After him are Joseph François Dupleix (1697), Henri Guérin (1905), Robert Mouynet (1930), Léon-Étienne Duval (1903), Raymond Bellot (1929), and Yoann Gourcuff (1986).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Michel Giacobini ranks 51. Before him are Odette Bancilhon (1908), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), Alfred Schmitt (1907), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Louise du Pierry (1746), and Pierre Puiseux (1855). After him are Ernest Esclangon (1876), and Françoise Combes (1952).

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