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Gary Hug

1950 - Today

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Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets, who, along with Graham E. Bell, operates the Farpoint Observatory and Sandlot Observatory (H36) in Kansas, United States. He is the co-discoverer of comet 178P/Hug-Bell and was awarded twice a Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant for improved near-Earth object searches in 2009 and 2018, respectively. Hug also represents the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomer's League. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Hug is the 594th most popular astronomer (down from 543rd in 2019). (down from 4,495th in 2019)

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Among astronomers, Gary Hug ranks 594 out of 644. Before him are Bruce C. Murray, A. E. Douglass, Alan Hale, Jana Tichá, Christian Pollas, and Matthew J. Holman. After him are Lenka Kotková, Debra Fischer, Arnold Wolfendale, David J. Tholen, Wendy Freedman, and Fernand Rigaux.

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Among people born in 1950, Gary Hug ranks 656. Before him are José Marín, Werner Peter, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Cristóbal Montoro, Laura Kelly, and Alex Chilton. After him are Anthony Grafton, Laura Restrepo, Lobilo Boba, Jerry Heidenreich, Jim Wynorski, and João W. Nery.

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