1951 - 2021
Roy A. Tucker (1951 – 2021) was an American astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. He was a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy A. Tucker has received more than 61,756 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roy A. Tucker is the 497th most popular astronomer (down from 487th in 2019), the 9,092nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,413th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Roy A. Tucker ranks 497 out of 531. Before him are James Challis, Cuno Hoffmeister, Mary Adela Blagg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Irwin I. Shapiro, and David L. Rabinowitz. After him are Hisashi Kimura, Marc Aaronson, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Robert H. McNaught, Hiroki Kosai, and Seiji Ueda.
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 491
1892 - 1968
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 492
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 493
1912 - 1954
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 494
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 495
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 496
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 497
1870 - 1943
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 498
1950 - 1987
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 499
1905 - 1993
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 500
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 501
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 502
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 503
Among people born in 1951, Roy A. Tucker ranks 450. Before him are Nedim Gürsel, Roger Pontare, Doug Collins, Gyula Sax, Vladimir Romashkin, and Ellen Nikolaysen. After him are Marietta Giannakou, Peabo Bryson, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Sylvia Rivera, Vytenis Andriukaitis, and Ian Buruma. Among people deceased in 2021, Roy A. Tucker ranks 554. Before him are Leslie Marr, David Darling, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Donald Arnold, Surekha Sikri, and Bonfoh Abass. After him are Porfirio Armando Betancourt, Peter Scolari, Sayaka Kanda, Buddy Van Horn, Conn Findlay, and Viktor Shuvalov.
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 444
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 445
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 446
1951 - 2014
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 447
1951 - 2002
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 448
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 449
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 450
1951 - 2022
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 451
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 452
1951 - 2015
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 453
1951 - 2002
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 454
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 455
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 456
1922 - 2021
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 548
1941 - 2021
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 549
1972 - 2021
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 550
1935 - 2021
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 551
1945 - 2021
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 552
1948 - 2021
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 553
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 554
1957 - 2021
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 555
1955 - 2021
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 556
1986 - 2021
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 557
1928 - 2021
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 558
1930 - 2021
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 559
1923 - 2021
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 560
Among people born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 9,092 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Tucker (1913), Kawhi Leonard (1991), Barney Ewell (1918), Jon Seda (1970), Tracy Scoggins (1953), and Stacy Valentine (1970). After him are Sidney Darlington (1906), Tom Shadyac (1958), Jaden Smith (1998), Luke Askew (1932), Scott Hall (1958), and Tom Seaver (1944).
1913 - 1975
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,086
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,087
1918 - 1996
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,088
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,089
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,090
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,091
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 9,092
1906 - 1997
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,093
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,094
1998 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,095
1932 - 2012
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,096
1958 - 2022
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,097
1944 - 2020
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 9,098
Among astronomers born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 107. Before him are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), John N. Bahcall (1934), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960). After him are Marc Aaronson (1950), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Thomas Bopp (1949), Charles W. Juels (1944), Bruce C. Murray (1931), and A. E. Douglass (1867).
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 101
1834 - 1908
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 102
1843 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 103
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 104
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 105
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 106
1951 - 2021
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 107
1950 - 1987
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 108
1905 - 1993
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 109
1949 - 2018
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 110
1944 - 2009
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 111
1931 - 2013
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 112
1867 - 1962
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 113