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Philibert Jacques Melotte

1880 - 1961

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Philibert Jacques Melotte (29 January 1880 – 30 March 1961) was a British astronomer whose parents emigrated from Belgium. In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was not given its present name until 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philibert Jacques Melotte has received more than 27,566 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Philibert Jacques Melotte is the 421st most popular astronomer (down from 358th in 2019), the 3,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,022nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Philibert Jacques Melotte ranks 421 out of 644. Before him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Giuseppe Asclepi, Shi Shen, Lutz D. Schmadel, Frederik Kaiser, and Aristarkh Belopolsky. After him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Stéphane Javelle, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Gustav Spörer, and Adalbert Krueger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Philibert Jacques Melotte ranks 163. Before him are Francis de Miomandre, Knud Kristensen, Frederick Lane, Dorothea Köring, Carl Skottsberg, and Parashqevi Qiriazi. After him are Joe May, George Van Biesbroeck, Walter Brack, Nils Widforss, Harold Rainsford Stark, and Yordan Yovkov. Among people deceased in 1961, Philibert Jacques Melotte ranks 141. Before him are York Bowen, Ion Barbu, Nita Naldi, Rosa Sensat, Paul Deman, and Percy Grainger. After him are Alberto Chividini, Dun Karm Psaila, Antonio Urdinarán, František Drtikol, Boris Vilkitsky, and Guy de Luget.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philibert Jacques Melotte ranks 3,443 out of 8,785. Before him are David Lloyd (1950), John Alcott (1930), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964). After him are Billy McNeill (1940), John Byng (1704), Boston Corbett (1832), Jill Esmond (1908), Jane Lapotaire (1944), and Kyle Walker (1990).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Philibert Jacques Melotte ranks 51. Before him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Johann von Lamont (1805), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), and William Rutter Dawes (1799). After him are William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), William Frederick Denning (1848), Edward Pigott (1753), Geoffrey Burbidge (1925), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), and William Henry Smyth (1788).

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