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Luboš Kohoutek

1935 - 2023

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Luboš Kohoutek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkoɦou̯tɛk]; 29 January 1935 – 30 December 2023) was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luboš Kohoutek is the 261st most popular astronomer (down from 168th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 236th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 261 out of 644. Before him are Maximilian Hell, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Elizabeth Roemer, Carl Charlier, and Timocharis. After him are Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Vladimir Albitsky, Hermann von Struve, Fyodor Bredikhin, and Zdeňka Vávrová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 169. Before him are Kenneth Tsang, Esther Vilar, Jack Charlton, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Vasily Livanov, and Peter Schreier. After him are Gerd Albrecht, Cliff Jones, M. Emmet Walsh, Fiorenza Cossotto, Peter Bichsel, and Shūji Terayama. Among people deceased in 2023, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 162. Before him are Ferran Olivella, Juanita Castro, Walter Cunningham, Yuri Manin, María Kodama, and Petar Nadoveza. After him are Ken Block, Vera Krepkina, Josep Maria Fusté, Craig Brown, Richard Roundtree, and Martin Walser.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 320 out of 1,200. Before him are Miloslav Vlk (1932), Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), Václav Nedomanský (1944), Procopius of Sázava (970), Zdislava Berka (1215), and Ivan Hašek (1963). After him are Karel Ančerl (1908), František Tomášek (1899), Anne of Bavaria (1329), Ernst Weiss (1882), Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641), and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Czechia

Among astronomers born in Czechia, Luboš Kohoutek ranks 4. Before him are Johann Palisa (1848), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), and Antonín Mrkos (1918). After him are 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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