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Johann Palisa

1848 - 1925

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Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 Hilda, 216 Kleopatra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, 324 Bamberga, and the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert. Palisa made his discoveries without the aid of photography, and he remains the most successful visual (non-photographic) asteroid discoverer of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Palisa is the 34th most popular astronomer (up from 91st in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 136th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Astronomer.

Johann Palisa is most famous for his discovery of the periodic table of chemical elements.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johann Palisa ranks 34 out of 644. Before him are Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, Charles Greeley Abbot, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. After him are Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Vesto Slipher, and Johannes Hevelius.

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Among people born in 1848, Johann Palisa ranks 7. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Octave Mirbeau, Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, Raja Ravi Varma, and Otto of Bavaria. After him are Otto Lilienthal, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Gustave Caillebotte, Hugo de Vries, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, and Albert I, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1925, Johann Palisa ranks 11. Before him are Gottlob Frege, Alexandra of Denmark, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, William Jennings Bryan, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Georgy Lvov. After him are Sergei Yesenin, Henri Fayol, Władysław Reymont, Josef Breuer, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, and Mikhail Frunze.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Johann Palisa ranks 47 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Palach (1948), Miloš Zeman (1944), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Klement Gottwald (1896), Karl Kautsky (1854), and Adolf Loos (1870). After him are Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Madeleine Albright (1937), and Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Johann Palisa ranks 1. After him are Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Jana Tichá (1965), Lenka Kotková (1973), Miloš Tichý (1966), and Zdeněk Moravec (1968).

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