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Richard Martin West

1941 - Today

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Richard Martin West (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer and discoverer of astronomical objects with a long career at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and at the International Astronomical Union (IAU). He discovered numerous comets, including Comet West (C/1975 V1), which was one of the brightest comets of the 1970s, and the periodic comets 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura and 123P/West–Hartley. He is also credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 40 minor planets between 1976 and 1986, including 2146 Stentor and 2148 Epeios, two Trojan asteroids. Together with Hans-Emil Schuster, he co-discovered the Phoenix Dwarf galaxy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Martin West is the 287th most popular astronomer (up from 365th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 409th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Richard Martin West ranks 287 out of 644. Before him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Heber Doust Curtis, Raymond Smith Dugan, Harold Spencer Jones, James W. Christy, and Jean Fernel. After him are Laurent Cassegrain, Giorgio Abetti, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Sylvain Arend, Richard Christopher Carrington, and Hervé Faye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Richard Martin West ranks 245. Before him are Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Sarah Miles, Charles Whitman, Lynne Cheney, Prince William of Gloucester, and Lothar Bisky. After him are Jesse Jackson, Sean Flynn, Robert Guéï, Chubby Checker, Mario Corso, and Leonid Kizim.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Richard Martin West ranks 287 out of 1,032. Before him are Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), Per Kirkeby (1938), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880), Sophus Nielsen (1888), Martin Knudsen (1871), and Jean Hersholt (1886). After him are Erik Eriksen (1902), Hedwig of Denmark (1581), Princess Louise of Denmark (1726), Max Heindel (1865), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, Richard Martin West ranks 6. Before him are Ole Rømer (1644), Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562). After him are Holger Thiele (1878), Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), and Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).

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