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Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist

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Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944) is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory. He is known for his work on the shapes and spin properties of minor planets. He has discovered three comets, P/1996 R2, C/1996 R3 and 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty. He has also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid (37732) 1996 TY68. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist is the 515th most popular astronomer (down from 477th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 867th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 515 out of 644. Before him are Miguel Itzigsohn, Julie Vinter Hansen, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, William Christie, Warren De la Rue, and Alfred Bohrmann. After him are William Rutter Dawes, Okuro Oikawa, Hiroshi Kaneda, Agnes Mary Clerke, Charles Augustus Young, and John Broughton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 532. Before him are Roger Dean, El Anatsui, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Matthew Cowles, Ken Howard, and Barbara Thompson. After him are Buchi Emecheta, Gilbert Adair, Erhard Keller, Frank Rühle, Jack Canfield, and Armistead Maupin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 859 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Olsson (1942), Bengt Edlén (1906), Kee Marcello (1960), Knut Fridell (1908), Peter Forsberg (1973), and Günther (1967). After him are David Dencik (1974), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Frank Heller (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), and Sven Fahlman (1914).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist ranks 8. Before him are Anders Celsius (1701), Oskar Backlund (1846), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Carl Charlier (1862), and Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839).

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