ASTRONOMER

Naoto Satō

1953 - Today

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Naoto Satō (佐藤 直人, Satō Naoto, born 1953) is a Japanese amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and, by profession, a junior high school science teacher. As a planetarian, a member of the professional staff of a planetarium, he has done much for the spread of astronomy in Japan through speaking on planetaria and the results of astronomical observation. In 2001, while working as support staff at JK1ZAM, the club station of Iruma Children’s Center (an educational institution for children in Iruma City), he helped achieve the first ARISS school contact in Japan. Also, in 2003, as a coordinating teacher, he helped accomplish the first solo contact between a junior high school in Japan and the ISS, with the support of JK1ZAM. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoto Satō has received more than 10,941 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Naoto Satō is the 601st most popular astronomer (down from 540th in 2019), the 1,947th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,813th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Naoto Satō ranks 601 out of 644. Before him are Dorrit Hoffleit, Geoffrey Marcy, Wendy Freedman, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Françoise Combes, and Osamu Muramatsu. After him are Masaru Arai, Hiroshi Mori, Miloš Tichý, Chad Trujillo, James Gunn, and William Kwong Yu Yeung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Naoto Satō ranks 607. Before him are Salman Khurshid, Tor Ulven, Suleiman Nyambui, Moushumi Chatterjee, Filipe Neri Ferrão, and Lesli Linka Glatter. After him are Nailya Gilyazova, Gabriela Svobodová, Tatyana Providokhina, Naledi Pandor, Krzysztof Krauze, and Julien Temple.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoto Satō ranks 1,947 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuto Sakata (1966), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), Motohiro Yamaguchi (1969), Angela Aki (1977), Nisio Isin (1981), and Yoshiharu Habu (1970). After him are Naoto Ohshima (1964), Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), Ayana Taketatsu (1989), Nobuhiro Ishizaki (1958), Ryoko Tani (1975), and Masaru Arai (1952).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Naoto Satō ranks 21. Before him are Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kin Endate (1960), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), and Alan Hale (1958). After him are Masaru Arai (1952), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Akimasa Nakamura (1961), Tetsuo Kagawa (1969), and Toshimasa Furuta (2000).

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