ASTRONOMER

Roy A. Tucker

1951 - 2021

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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 68,063 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Roy A. Tucker is the 525th most popular astronomer (down from 497th in 2019), the 9,374th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,073rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

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  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Roy A. Tucker ranks 525 out of 644. Before him are Minoru Honda, María Teresa Ruiz, John N. Bahcall, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Korado Korlević, and Okuro Oikawa. After him are Ľudmila Pajdušáková, William Christie, Edward S. Holden, Marc Aaronson, John Pond, and Yoshisada Shimizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Roy A. Tucker ranks 489. Before him are Nenad Stekić, Scott Gorham, Mammootty, Pany Yathotou, Marcel Dionne, and Bill Atkinson. After him are Lyn McClements, Jóannes Eidesgaard, Dean Kamen, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Terry McDermott, and Ian Buruma. Among people deceased in 2021, Roy A. Tucker ranks 527. Before him are Tubilandu Ndimbi, Nenad Stekić, Barry Harris, Lisa Banes, Bonfoh Abass, and Wahiduddin Khan. After him are Leslie Bricusse, Carl von Essen, Gabriel Núñez, Bipin Rawat, Millie Hughes-Fulford, and Shawn Rhoden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 9,374 out of 20,380. Before him are Fay McKenzie (1918), Art Mollner (1912), James Skivring Smith (1825), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Ned Rorem (1923), and Frank Murkowski (1933). After him are William Hood Simpson (1888), Julian Casablancas (1978), Rich Moore (1963), Catherine E. Coulson (1943), Hampton Fancher (1938), and David Dunlap (1910).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 100. Before him are Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), William Wilson Morgan (1906), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), and John N. Bahcall (1934). After him are Edward S. Holden (1846), Marc Aaronson (1950), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Lawrence H. Aller (1913), and Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905).

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