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Peter Goldreich

1939 - Today

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Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. Since 2005 he has also been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Goldreich has received more than 85,991 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Peter Goldreich is the 535th most popular astronomer (down from 508th in 2019), the 12,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,851st in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Astronomer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Peter Goldreich ranks 535 out of 531. Before him are Mary Proctor, Christian Pollas, Kazuro Watanabe, Jana Tichá, Geoffrey Marcy, and Scott S. Sheppard. After him are Françoise Combes, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Hiroshi Mori, Rosaly Lopes, Naoto Satō, and Alan Hale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Peter Goldreich ranks 527. Before him are Cleavon Little, Salvatore Nunnari, Odd Børre, Maury Povich, Ayi Kwei Armah, and Bill Mulliken. After him are Eddie Kendricks, Lino Brocka, Dorothy Shirley, D. C. Fontana, Zelmo Beaty, and Fernando Poe Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Goldreich ranks 12,149 out of 18,182. Before him are Tina Majorino (1985), Richard Kelly (1975), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Illeana Douglas (1965), Charles Shyer (1951), and Cal Ripken Jr. (1960). After him are Earl Young (1941), Benjamin Walker (1982), Lina Basquette (1907), Randall Thompson (1899), Ernest Moniz (1944), and Bobby Bare (1935).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Peter Goldreich ranks 117. Before him are Charles W. Juels (1944), Bruce C. Murray (1931), A. E. Douglass (1867), Christian Pollas (1947), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), and Scott S. Sheppard (1977). After him are Chad Trujillo (1973), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), Jeff T. Alu (1966), Alan Stern (1957), and Amy Mainzer (1974).

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