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Kin Endate

1960 - Today

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Kin Endate (円館 金, Endate Kin; born December 15, 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who has discovered hundreds of asteroids, most of them in collaboration with Kazuro Watanabe, placing him among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Kin Endate is the 574th most popular astronomer (up from 575th in 2024), the 1,794th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,765th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kin Endate ranks 574 out of 644. Before him are Michel Giacobini, Thomas Bopp, Richard A. Proctor, Alfred Schmitt, Andrew Ainslie Common, and John August Anderson. After him are David Rittenhouse, Rosaly Lopes, Naoto Satō, Mary Ward, Makio Akiyama, and Yoshisada Shimizu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kin Endate ranks 464. Before him are Nigel Marven, Cal Ripken Jr., Jozef Pribilinec, Stephan Eicher, Lyudmila Andonova, and Stanislav Boklan. After him are Amy Klobuchar, Paul Harrington, Ralf König, Randy Pausch, Elena Kagan, and Michael Lewis.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kin Endate ranks 1,794 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinji Ono (1979), Hisanori Shirasawa (1964), Keiji Koizumi (1976), Naohiro Takahara (1979), Naohiro Kitade (1973), and Tsutomu Matsuda (1983). After him are Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1962), Yuki Tsunoda (2000), Harumi Kori (1953), Seiko Yamanaka (1989), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), and Kenji Nagai (1957).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Kin Endate ranks 18. Before him are Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Seiji Ueda (1952), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Takao Kobayashi (1961), and Kazuro Watanabe (1955). After him are Naoto Satō (1953), Masaru Arai (1952), Alan Hale (1958), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Hiroshi Mori (1958), and Akimasa Nakamura (1961).

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