ASTRONOMER

Robert S. McMillan

2000 - Today

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Robert S. McMillan is an astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project, which studies minor planets. He has made various discoveries, including notably 20000 Varuna.On October 19, 2008, he discovered a short-periodic comet 208P/McMillan.In 1977 McMillan received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert S. McMillan has received more than 1,900 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert S. McMillan is the 634th most popular astronomer (down from 568th in 2019), the 19,061st most popular biography from United States (down from 17,976th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9k

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  • 25.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert S. McMillans by language

Over the past year Robert S. McMillan has had the most page views in the with 823 views, followed by Russian (437), and Swedish (382). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (608.82%), Slovenian (120.48%), and Ukrainian (51.57%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert S. McMillan ranks 634 out of 644. Before him are Alan Stern, Ulrika Babiaková, Vicky Kalogera, C. Michelle Olmstead, Timothy B. Spahr, and Anna Frebel. After him are Maria A. Barucci, Jun Chen, Atsushi Sugie, Toshimasa Furuta, Pamela M. Kilmartin, and Violeta G. Ivanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2000, Robert S. McMillan ranks 306. Before him are Soichiro Kozuki, Kosei Tani, Christian Früchtl, Ben Healy, Kaori Yuki, and Shion Homma. After him are Marc Guéhi, Melvin Bard, Brandon Williams, Marta García, Li Wenwen, and Mathilde Gremaud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert S. McMillan ranks 19,061 out of 20,380. Before him are Aly Raisman (1994), Brandon Knight (1991), Thomas Bryant (1997), Joey Cheek (1979), Mike Muscala (1991), and Jake Arrieta (1986). After him are Silvio Horta (1974), John Katko (1962), Adrian Peterson (1985), Illenium (1990), Ella Anderson (2005), and Eddie Edwards (1983).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Robert S. McMillan ranks 136. Before him are Matthew J. Holman (1967), Martha P. Haynes (1951), Amy Mainzer (1974), Heidi Hammel (1960), Alan Stern (1957), and C. Michelle Olmstead (1969).

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