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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 15,370 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ľudmila Pajdušáková is the 487th most popular astronomer (down from 444th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 159th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 487 out of 531. Before her are Thomas Romney Robinson, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Yuji Hyakutake, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Walter Frederick Gale. After her are John N. Bahcall, Wilhelm Anderson, Richard A. Proctor, James Challis, Cuno Hoffmeister, and Mary Adela Blagg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 245. Before her are Edward Binns, John Kundla, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Ken Wharton, Albert Hyzler, and Julien Darui. After her are Günther Ortmann, Roger Apéry, Helene Hanff, George Montgomery, Gene Mako, and David Brown. Among people deceased in 1979, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 214. Before her are Amelia Piccinini, Aksel Berg, Bernt Evensen, Arthur Hunnicutt, Vivian Vance, and Charlotte Mineau. After her are Fred Akuffo, Ben Lyon, Blue Mitchell, Alessandro Frigerio, Willibald Schmaus, and Giovanni De Prà.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 194 out of 357. Before her are Tibor Serly (1901), Herman Steiner (1905), Max Weiss (1857), Ľubomír Moravčík (1965), Jozef Barmoš (1954), and Maroš Šefčovič (1966). After her are Ľubomír Luhový (1967), Béla Szepes (1903), Lukáš Hrádecký (1989), Péter Bacsó (1928), Stanislav Seman (1952), and Dušan Galis (1949).

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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).

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