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Stephen P. Synnott

1946 - Today

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Stephen P. Synnott (born 1946) is an American astronomer and Voyager scientist at JPL, and expert in spacecraft optical navigation techniques. He has discovered several natural satellites of outer Solar System planets such as Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Cressida, Thebe and Proteus. The minor planet 6154 Stevesynnott, discovered by Henry E. Holt in 1990, was named in his honour. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 July 1996 (M.P.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen P. Synnott has received more than 21,265 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Stephen P. Synnott is the 465th most popular astronomer (down from 452nd in 2019), the 7,430th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,440th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 465 out of 644. Before him are Geoffrey Burbidge, Guillermo Haro, Tsutomu Seki, Vincenzo Cerulli, Luciano Tesi, and Charles Piazzi Smyth. After him are Mary Adela Blagg, Alexander Voeikov, Schelte J. Bus, Hiroshi Kaneda, Holger Thiele, and Royal Harwood Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 543. Before him are Oscar Más, Charles Asati, Mark Snow, Alun Armstrong, Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Yekaterina Gradova. After him are Tom Walkinshaw, Milton Viera, Elisabetta Casellati, Youssef Absi, Daša Drndić, and Franz Xaver Kroetz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 7,430 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfred Romer (1894), Ian Keith (1899), Vera-Ellen (1921), Henry Vestine (1944), John Jeffries (1745), and Jon Turteltaub (1963). After him are Paula Strasberg (1909), Mark Hoppus (1972), Joe Manchin (1947), Cristine Rose (1951), James Stacy (1936), and George Crook (1828).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 90. Before him are Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Carolyn Porco (1953), Michael E. Brown (1965), and David Todd Wilkinson (1935). After him are Schelte J. Bus (1956), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), and William Wilson Morgan (1906).

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