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Takeshi Urata

1947 - 2012

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Takeshi Urata (浦田 武, Urata Takeshi, 1947 – December 15, 2012) was a Japanese astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory. In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet (2090 Mizuho) in over fifty years, which he named after his daughter, Mizuho. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeshi Urata has received more than 24,796 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Takeshi Urata is the 348th most popular astronomer (up from 451st in 2019), the 1,067th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,237th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Takeshi Urata ranks 348 out of 644. Before him are Edward Sabine, Hugo von Seeliger, Charles Dillon Perrine, James W. Christy, Frank Muller, and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger. After him are Eugene Parker, Herbert Friedman, Hervé Faye, Bart Bok, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, and Viktor Knorre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Takeshi Urata ranks 394. Before him are Bunny Wailer, Jaroslav Pollák, Deborah Lipstadt, Clare Torry, Ian Ashley, and Peter Banks. After him are Danilo Popivoda, Małgorzata Braunek, Tadahiko Ueda, Kakhi Asatiani, Kembo Uba Kembo, and Erik Olin Wright. Among people deceased in 2012, Takeshi Urata ranks 223. Before him are John Hick, Simin Daneshvar, Barry Commoner, Jim Marshall, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and Humayun Ahmed. After him are Claude Miller, Ulu Grosbard, Paul Pietsch, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Emmanuel Scheffer, and Émile Allais.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Urata ranks 1,067 out of 6,245. Before him are Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Eiji Okada (1920), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Peter Shirayanagi (1928). After him are Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Minoru Chiaki (1917), and Sion Sono (1961).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Takeshi Urata ranks 1. After him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Tsutomu Seki (1930), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Hiroki Kosai (1933), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Hisashi Kimura (1870), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Minoru Honda (1913), and Okuro Oikawa (1896).

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