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William Kwong Yu Yeung

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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. He worked first from "Rock Finder Observatory" (IAU code 652) in Calgary, Alberta, and now works from Arizona's Desert Beaver Observatory (919) and Desert Eagle Observatory (333). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. William Kwong Yu Yeung is the 603rd most popular astronomer (up from 607th in 2024), the 88th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 603 out of 644. Before him are Arnold Wolfendale, David J. Tholen, Wendy Freedman, Fernand Rigaux, Merieme Chadid, and Chad Trujillo. After him are Richard van der Riet Woolley, Stefano Sposetti, Jan Kleyna, Françoise Combes, Geoffrey Marcy, and Miloš Tichý.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 654. Before him are Chuck D, Marin Raykov, Ulf Bengtsson, Didier Van Cauwelaert, Khadija Arib, and Andrzej Pałasz. After him are P. C. Cast, Sibusiso Moyo, Itsunori Onodera, Deb Haaland, Ivailo Marinov, and Volker Beck.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, William Kwong Yu Yeung ranks 88 out of 115. Before him are Gillian Chung (1981), Marco Fu (1978), Charmaine Sheh (1975), Gordon Chan (1960), Sammi Cheng (1972), and Kara Wai (1960). After him are Sandra Ng (1965), Maggie Shiu (1965), Romola Garai (1982), Vivian Chow (1967), Wallace Chung (1974), and Carrie Ng (1963).

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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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