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Takao Kobayashi

1961 - Today

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Takao Kobayashi (小林 隆男, Kobayashi Takao, born 1961) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and an outstanding discoverer of minor planets who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takao Kobayashi has received more than 40,653 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Takao Kobayashi is the 497th most popular astronomer (up from 512th in 2019), the 1,416th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,485th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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  • 45.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Takao Kobayashi ranks 497 out of 644. Before him are Carlos Torres, Ernest Leonard Johnson, William Wilson Morgan, Yuji Hyakutake, Robert Emden, and Frank Shu. After him are David C. Jewitt, James Challis, Pierre Puiseux, Michel Giacobini, Matvey Gusev, and Hisashi Kimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Takao Kobayashi ranks 322. Before him are Yordanka Donkova, Laurel Clark, Kjell Westö, Boško Gjurovski, Steven Moffat, and Cédric Klapisch. After him are Simon West, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Douglas Coupland, Katrin Cartlidge, Anton Josipović, and Camryn Manheim.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 1,416 out of 6,245. Before him are Tsutomu Nihei (1971), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Maho Shimizu (1960), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), and Daichi Kamada (1996). After him are Hiromi Hara (1958), Heath (1968), Akira Amano (1973), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Norio Sasaki (1958), and Masi Oka (1974).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 8. Before him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Tsutomu Seki (1930), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Hiroki Kosai (1933), and Yuji Hyakutake (1950). After him are Hisashi Kimura (1870), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Minoru Honda (1913), Okuro Oikawa (1896), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), and Seiji Ueda (1952).

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