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Hans-Emil Schuster

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Hans-Emil Schuster (born 19 September 1934 in Hamburg) is a German astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who retired in October 1991. He worked at Hamburg Observatory at Bergedorf and European Southern Observatory (ESO), and was former acting director of La Silla Observatory. From 1982 he was married to Rosemarie Schuster née von Holt (28 March 1935 – 18 September 2006) He discovered periodic comet 106P/Schuster. He also discovered the comet C/1976 D2 (in the contemporary nomenclature, it was known as Comet 1975 II or 1976c), which was notable for its large perihelion distance of 6.88 AU [1] [2], the largest yet observed at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans-Emil Schuster is the 452nd most popular astronomer (up from 516th in 2019), the 4,403rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,175th in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hans-Emil Schuster ranks 452 out of 644. Before him are Schelte J. Bus, Paul W. Merrill, Vladimir Kotelnikov, Joseph Helffrich, Holger Thiele, and Fernand Courty. After him are Ernst Hartwig, Mary Proctor, William Robert Brooks, Grigory Shajn, Hisashi Kimura, and Aristarkh Belopolsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Hans-Emil Schuster ranks 335. Before him are Aliki Vougiouklaki, Leonid Stein, Ružica Sokić, Gérard Latortue, Aurelio Milani, and Milan Dvořák. After him are Chuck McCann, Paul Naschy, Zacarias Kamwenho, Murtaza Rakhimov, Humberto Tozzi, and Sugathakumari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans-Emil Schuster ranks 4,405 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Prüfer (1896), Peter Gay (1923), Uschi Glas (1944), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (1503), and Fritz Noether (1884). After him are Heinrich Gelzer (1847), Hans Günter Winkler (1926), Camilla Horn (1903), Ernst Hartwig (1851), Theo Lingen (1903), and Lian Ross (1962).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Hans-Emil Schuster ranks 68. Before him are Georg Marcgrave (1610), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), and Joseph Helffrich (1890). After him are Ernst Hartwig (1851), Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788), Richard Schorr (1867), Otto Heckmann (1901), Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), and Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902).

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