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Audouin Dollfus

1924 - 2010

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Audouin Charles Dollfus (12 November 1924 – 1 October 2010) was a French astronomer and aeronaut, specialist in studies of the Solar System and discoverer of Janus, a moon of Saturn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Audouin Dollfus is the 467th most popular astronomer (up from 478th in 2019), the 4,374th most popular biography from France (up from 4,669th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Audouin Dollfus ranks 467 out of 644. Before him are Kees de Jager, Avi Loeb, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Joel Stebbins, Milorad B. Protić, and Bohdan Paczyński. After him are William Wilson Morgan, Hugo Gyldén, Hiroki Kosai, Carolyn Porco, Elia Millosevich, and Minoru Honda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Audouin Dollfus ranks 338. Before him are Freddie Bartholomew, John Love, Abdulah Gegić, Rudy Van Gelder, Billy Barty, and César Lattes. After him are Leonard Rosenman, Joseph Nérette, Omero Tognon, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Friedrich L. Bauer, and Kurt Furgler. Among people deceased in 2010, Audouin Dollfus ranks 271. Before him are Jacques Martin, Abel Muzorewa, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Lhasa de Sela, Werner Krämer, and Jean-Paul Proust. After him are Ángel Cabrera, Mariya Dolina, Nino Defilippis, Dick Gibson, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and Daisuke Gōri.

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In France

Among people born in France, Audouin Dollfus ranks 4,374 out of 6,770. Before him are Benoîte Groult (1920), Hervé Le Tellier (1957), Lucien Michard (1903), Ernest Reyer (1823), Henri Béraud (1885), and Bacary Sagna (1983). After him are Manu Katché (1958), Claire Bretécher (1940), René Bliard (1932), Gabriel Attal (1989), René Bougnol (1911), and Raymond Kaelbel (1932).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Audouin Dollfus ranks 46. Before him are Louis Boyer (1901), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Adrien Auzout (1622), and Fernand Courty (1862). After him are Pierre Puiseux (1855), Ernest Esclangon (1876), Louise du Pierry (1746), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), Michel Giacobini (1873), and Alfred Schmitt (1907).

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