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Ľudmila Pajdušáková

1916 - 1979

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Ľudmila Pajdušáková (29 June 1916 – 6 October 1979) was a Slovak astronomer. She specialized in solar astronomy, and also discovered a number of comets, including periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, and the non-periodic C/1946 K1 (Pajdušáková-Rotbart-Weber), C/1948 E1 (Pajdušáková-Mrkos), C/1951 C1 (Pajdušáková) and C/1953 X1 (Pajdušáková). She observed at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and became its third director from 1958 to 1979. The asteroid 3636 Pajdušáková is named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ľudmila Pajdušáková has received more than 16,531 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ľudmila Pajdušáková is the 526th most popular astronomer (down from 487th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 526 out of 644. Before her are María Teresa Ruiz, John N. Bahcall, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Korado Korlević, Okuro Oikawa, and Roy A. Tucker. After her are William Christie, Edward S. Holden, Marc Aaronson, John Pond, Yoshisada Shimizu, and Robert H. McNaught.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 264. Before her are Kurt Pettersén, Lennart Klingström, Betty Taylor, Gene Mako, Gyula Prassler, and Albert Hyzler. After her are Ruy de Freitas, Kåre Holt, Jean Margéot, Manuel Chorens, Virginia Gregg, and Robert Marshak. Among people deceased in 1979, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 243. Before her are Ahmet Kireççi, Václav Havel, Heinz Pollay, Yelena Kuzmina, Elizabeth Ryan, and Constant Joacim. After her are Jocelyne LaGarde, Akwasi Afrifa, Hans Liesche, Lev Arnshtam, Magnar Isaksen, and Blue Mitchell.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 227 out of 418. Before her are Adolf Schwarz (1836), Mikuláš Galanda (1895), Herman Steiner (1905), Mirka Federer (1978), Timrava (1867), and Max Weiss (1857). After her are Miroslav Stoch (1989), Béla Szepes (1903), Daniela Hantuchová (1983), Dominika Cibulková (1989), Tibor Serly (1901), and Juraj Kucka (1987).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Slovakia

Among astronomers born in Slovakia, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 2. Before her are Maximilian Hell (1720). After her are Peter Kušnirák (1974), and Ulrika Babiaková (1976).

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