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Christian Pollas

1947 - Today

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Christian Pollas (b. 1947) is a French astronomer, known for the discovery and observation of minor planets and supernovae. Pollas is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 26 asteroids, some co-discovered with Eric W. Elst, including the near-Earth asteroids: (65679) 1989 UQ (belonging to the Aten group of asteroids), 4179 Toutatis (belonging to the Apollo group of asteroids) and 9950 ESA (belonging to the Amor group of asteroids). The main-belt asteroid 4892 Chrispollas is named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Pollas is the 592nd most popular astronomer (down from 574th in 2019), the 12,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,599th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Christian Pollas ranks 592 out of 644. Before him are Satoru Otomo, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Bruce C. Murray, A. E. Douglass, Alan Hale, and Jana Tichá. After him are Matthew J. Holman, Gary Hug, Lenka Kotková, Debra Fischer, Arnold Wolfendale, and David J. Tholen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Christian Pollas ranks 815. Before him are Mamadu Ture Kuruma, Harvey Mason, Osvaldo Castro, Bruce Golding, Onny Parun, and Doug Yule. After him are Annie Haslam, Ian O'Brien, Michael Albert, Howard Georgi, Keone Young, and Gary Herbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christian Pollas ranks 12,321 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Yerman (1939), Debbie Gibson (1970), Redfoo (1975), Jay Harrington (1971), James Van Der Beek (1977), and Wilma Mankiller (1945). After him are Ben Shelton (2002), Stone Gossard (1966), Roy Clark (1933), Leroy Chiao (1960), Trevor Moore (1980), and Tom Foley (1929).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Christian Pollas ranks 124. Before him are John August Anderson (1876), David Rittenhouse (1732), Peter Goldreich (1939), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), Bruce C. Murray (1931), and A. E. Douglass (1867). After him are Matthew J. Holman (1967), David J. Tholen (1955), Chad Trujillo (1973), Jan Kleyna (2000), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), and Jeff T. Alu (1966).

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