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ASTRONOMER

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 38,475 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Takao Kobayashi is the 512th most popular astronomer (down from 497th in 2019), the 1,488th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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  • 38k

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  • 41.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Takao Kobayashi ranks 512 out of 531Before him are Adriaan van Maanen, David C. Jewitt, Okuro Oikawa, Pavel Shternberg, Hiroshi Kaneda, and Thomas Brisbane. After him are Yoshisada Shimizu, Fernand Rigaux, Ernest Esclangon, Kenzo Suzuki, Thomas Bopp, and John Broughton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Takao Kobayashi ranks 418Before him are Camryn Manheim, Yahiro Kazama, Nia Peeples, Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Suniel Shetty, and Željko Buvač. After him are Truls Mørk, Einars Repše, Dietmar Mögenburg, Sheila Kelley, Stjepan Deverić, and Kate Mosse.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 1,488 out of 6,048Before him are Rie Miyazawa (1973), Aya Hisakawa (1968), Hideo Ishikawa (1969), Homare Sawa (1978), Yū Aoi (1985), and Naoko Nishigai (1969). After him are Yoshio Kato (1957), Midori (1971), Ko Shibasaki (1981), Miyuki Sawashiro (1985), Noritake Takahara (1951), and Yukitaka Omi (1952).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 12Before him are Hisashi Kimura (1870), Hiroki Kosai (1933), Seiji Ueda (1952), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Okuro Oikawa (1896), and Hiroshi Kaneda (1953). After him are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Kin Endate (1960), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Naoto Satō (1953), and Alan Hale (1958).