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Aleksander Wolszczan

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Aleksander Wolszczan [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈvɔlʂt͡ʂan] (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets. He is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and works as a professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Wolszczan is a fellow of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the American Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksander Wolszczan is the 270th most popular astronomer (up from 288th in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from Poland (up from 715th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 270 out of 644. Before him are Vladimir Albitsky, Hermann von Struve, Fyodor Bredikhin, Zdeňka Vávrová, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, and Edward Walter Maunder. After him are Cleostratus, Gottfried Kirch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sandra Faber, Daniel Kirkwood, and Antonia Maury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 282. Before him are Francesco Montenegro, Arnoldo Alemán, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Peter Sutcliffe, Johnson Toribiong, and Pierino Prati. After him are Suzanne Somers, Jan Akkerman, Nataša Kandić, Jim Hines, Dragutin Šurbek, and Miklós Németh.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 600 out of 1,694. Before him are Jan Tomaszewski (1948), Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729), Michał Rola-Żymierski (1890), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), and Peter Berling (1934). After him are Joachim Lelewel (1786), Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Moses Isserles (1520), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Rafał Trzaskowski (1972), and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 11. Before him are Robert Luther (1822), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), and Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832). After him are Hugo von Seeliger (1849), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), and Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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