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Ernst Öpik

1893 - 1985

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Ernst Julius Öpik (22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1893 – 10 September 1985) was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics, particularly of the Oort cloud and the Yarkovsky effect. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Öpik is the 123rd most popular astronomer (down from 119th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Estonia (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ernst Öpik ranks 123 out of 644. Before him are Heinrich Schwabe, Yrjö Väisälä, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, George Biddell Airy, Frank Drake, and N. R. Pogson. After him are Maria Mitchell, Girolamo Fracastoro, Hermann Goldschmidt, Svetlana Gerasimenko, E. M. Antoniadi, and Didier Queloz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ernst Öpik ranks 53. Before him are Ana Pauker, Mae West, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Ernst Toller, Clemens Krauss, and Edward G. Robinson. After him are Roy O. Disney, Battista Farina, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, and Erwin Piscator. Among people deceased in 1985, Ernst Öpik ranks 37. Before him are Emil Gilels, Tjalling Koopmans, Margaret Mahler, Tancredo Neves, James Hadley Chase, and Robert Graves. After him are Tage Erlander, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Kirill Moskalenko, Henry Hathaway, The Singing Nun, and Ian Stewart.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ernst Öpik ranks 22 out of 351. Before him are Siim Kallas (1948), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Adolf von Harnack (1851), Felix Kersten (1898), and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803). After him are Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), Johan Laidoner (1884), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Jaan Kross (1920), and Otto von Kotzebue (1787).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Estonia

Among astronomers born in Estonia, Ernst Öpik ranks 1. After him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819).

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