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Dilhan Eryurt

1926 - 2012

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Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was a Turkish astrophysicist who made major contributions to scientific research on the formation and evolution of the Sun and other main sequence stars. From 1961 to 1973, Eryurt worked for NASA, performing research for the Apollo program. She then established the astrophysics department at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey. She was the Dean of METU's science and arts faculty from 1988 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dilhan Eryurt is the 477th most popular astronomer (down from 437th in 2019), the 1,115th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,128th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 477 out of 644. Before her are Carolyn Porco, Elia Millosevich, Minoru Honda, Pierre Puiseux, Edward Pigott, and Lyudmila Karachkina. After her are David L. Rabinowitz, Richard Schorr, William Frederick Denning, Otto Heckmann, Adam Riess, and Patrick Moore.

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Among people born in 1926, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 343. Before her are Heino Kruus, Enrico Maria Salerno, Luigi De Magistris, Clifford Husbands, Evelyn Lear, and Revaz Chkheidze. After her are Ladislav Pavlovič, Rossella Falk, Richard Jaeckel, K. D. Jadhav, Betsy Jolas, and Lucien Sève. Among people deceased in 2012, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 287. Before her are Fyodor Khitruk, William Grut, Helga Vlahović, Evelyn Lear, Davy Jones, and Bernard Lovell. After her are Juan Pereda, Murray Rose, Victor Mees, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Patrick Moore, and Eugene Polley.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 1,115 out of 1,347. Before her are Levon Shant (1869), Akgün Kaçmaz (1935), Mihri Müşfik Hanım (1886), Uğur Mumcu (1942), Hasan Saka (1885), and Nihat Kahveci (1979). After her are Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70), Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809), Selahattin Demirtaş (1973), Simeon the Holy Fool (522), Bedros Tourian (1851), and Flavian I of Antioch (320).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Türkiye

Among astronomers born in Türkiye, Dilhan Eryurt ranks 8. Before her are Walter Sydney Adams (1876), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Cleomedes (110), Cleostratus (-520), Paris Pişmiş (1911), and Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943).

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