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Charlotte Moore Sitterly

1898 - 1990

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Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly (September 24, 1898 – March 3, 1990) was an American astronomer. She is known for her extensive spectroscopic studies of the Sun and chemical elements. Her tables of data are known for their reliability and are still used regularly. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlotte Moore Sitterly is the 501st most popular astronomer (down from 473rd in 2019), the 7,657th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,692nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Charlotte Moore Sitterly ranks 501 out of 644Before her are Arno Arthur Wachmann, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Forest Ray Moulton, Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, and Charles Piazzi Smyth. After her are Robert H. McNaught, Edwin Foster Coddington, Frederik Kaiser, William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, and DeLisle Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Charlotte Moore Sitterly ranks 223Before her are Riichi Yokomitsu, Vilho Lampi, Edward Lawry Norton, Georg Kulenkampff, Agnes Ayres, and Hugh O'Flaherty. After her are Mitchell Leisen, Fridrikh Ermler, Karolina Kózka, M. Ageyev, Eero Berg, and Georgy Langemak. Among people deceased in 1990, Charlotte Moore Sitterly ranks 230Before her are Karl Aage Hansen, Cazuza, Max Bense, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Giorgio Scarlatti, and Ann Bishop. After her are Xosé María Díaz Castro, Max Bulla, Concha Piquer, Margarete Adler, Allen Collins, and José Luis Panizo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlotte Moore Sitterly ranks 7,659 out of 20,380Before her are John Ratzenberger (1947), Charlotte Stewart (1941), Nicole Aniston (1987), Mary Travers (1936), Miguel Sandoval (1951), and Peggy Wood (1892). After her are Julia Stiles (1981), Mitchell Leisen (1898), George Washington Williams (1849), Joan Shawlee (1926), Robert Farnan (1877), and Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Charlotte Moore Sitterly ranks 98Before her are Adam Riess (1969), Edward S. Holden (1846), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Cleveland Abbe (1838), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), and Margaret Harwood (1885). After her are Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), Royal Harwood Frost (1879), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), and Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905).