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William Kwong Yu Yeung

1960 - Today

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William Kwong Yu Yeung (born 1960; also known simply as Bill Yeung; Chinese: 楊光宇) is a Hong Kong-born, Canadian amateur astronomer with telescopes based in the United States. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids and also discovered the comet 172P/Yeung. He also discovered the object J002E3, which was first thought to be an asteroid, but is now known to be part of a Saturn V Rocket that propelled Apollo 12 into space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kwong Yu Yeung has received more than 110,804 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). William Kwong Yu Yeung is the 607th most popular astronomer (down from 537th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Astronomer.

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  • 110k

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  • 38.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 607 out of 644. Before him are Naoto Satō, Masaru Arai, Hiroshi Mori, Miloš Tichý, Chad Trujillo, and James Gunn. After him are Frank B. Zoltowski, Philip Herbert Cowell, Andrea Boattini, Brett J. Gladman, Jeff T. Alu, and Peter Kušnirák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 641. Before him are Allen Chastanet, Scott Frank, Luis Fortuño, Siedah Garrett, Yasushi Yoshida, and Packie Bonner. After him are Masaaki Yanagishita, Christian Engström, Julius Korir, Alexander Chernin, Kristin Halvorsen, and Megan Gallagher.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 90 out of 115. Before him are Moses Chan (1971), Gigi Leung (1976), William Chan (1985), Miriam Yeung (1974), Agnes Chow (1996), and Joey Yung (1980). After him are Romola Garai (1982), Bosco Wong (1980), Denise Ho (1977), Joshua Wong (1996), Shawn Yue (1981), and Niki Chow (1979).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Hong Kong

Among astronomers born in Hong Kong, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 1. 

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