1961 - Today
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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Among astronomers, Takao Kobayashi ranks 512 out of 531. Before 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.
1884 - 1946
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 506
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 507
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 508
1865 - 1920
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 509
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 510
1773 - 1860
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 511
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 512
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 513
1905 - 1962
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 514
1876 - 1954
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 515
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 516
1949 - 2018
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 517
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 518
Among people born in 1961, Takao Kobayashi ranks 418. Before 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.
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 412
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 413
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 414
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 415
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 416
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 417
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 418
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 419
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 420
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 421
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 422
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 423
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 424
Among people born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 1,488 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 1,482
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 1,483
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 1,484
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 1,485
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 1,486
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 1,487
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 1,488
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 1,489
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,490
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,491
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 1,492
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,493
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,494
Among astronomers born in Japan, Takao Kobayashi ranks 12. Before 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).
1870 - 1943
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 7
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 8
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 9
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 13
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 15
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 17
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 18