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Tom Gehrels

1925 - 2011

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Gehrels has received more than 45,015 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Tom Gehrels is the 127th most popular astronomer (down from 119th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 220th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

Tom Gehrels is most famous for being the director of the National Solar Observatory, which is located in Sunspot, New Mexico. He has also been credited with discovering the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tom Gehrels ranks 127 out of 644. Before him are Cleveland Abbe, Eric Walter Elst, Ali Qushji, Hermann Goldschmidt, Maria Mitchell, and Alphonse Borrelly. After him are Annibale de Gasparis, Maslama al-Majriti, E. M. Antoniadi, John Goodricke, Arthur Auwers, and Auguste Charlois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tom Gehrels ranks 93. Before him are Paul Greengard, Willi Herold, Bill Haley, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Nicolai Gedda, and Dettmar Cramer. After him are Hugo Koblet, Sammy Davis Jr., Martin Rodbell, Honor Blackman, Uzi Narkiss, and Tofiq Bahramov. Among people deceased in 2011, Tom Gehrels ranks 72. Before him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Cliff Robertson, Itamar Franco, Yelena Bonner, Johannes Heesters, and Ferenc Mádl. After him are Masahiro Hamazaki, Michael Gough, Paul Baran, Vasily Alekseyev, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and Michael Cacoyannis.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 223 out of 1,646. Before him are Anton Geesink (1934), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), and Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576). After him are Dirck van Baburen (1595), Joan Blaeu (1596), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), Willem Kalf (1619), and John Goodricke (1764).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 5. Before him are Jan Oort (1900), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), and Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920). After him are John Goodricke (1764), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Walter Lewin (1936), and Michael van Langren (1598).

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