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Robert H. McNaught

1956 - Today

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Robert H. McNaught (born in Scotland in 1956) is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU). He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory. The inner main-belt asteroid 3173 McNaught, discovered by Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station in 1981, was named after him by its discoverer, following a suggestion by David Seargent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert H. McNaught is the 502nd most popular astronomer (up from 532nd in 2019), the 4,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,774th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Robert H. McNaught ranks 502 out of 644. Before him are Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Forest Ray Moulton, Margaret Harwood, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Charles Piazzi Smyth, and Charlotte Moore Sitterly. After him are Edwin Foster Coddington, Frederik Kaiser, William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, DeLisle Stewart, and Giuseppe Asclepi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Robert H. McNaught ranks 344. Before him are Ulrike Meyfarth, Tim Daly, Peter Hook, Peter Farrelly, Amitav Ghosh, and Cris Morena. After him are Yurik Vardanyan, Eike Batista, Howard Davis Jr., Sunny Deol, Tony Gilroy, and Arthur Golden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert H. McNaught ranks 4,026 out of 8,785. Before him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Ian McNeice (1950), Peter Scott (1909), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), and Edward John Eyre (1815). After him are James Donald (1917), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), John Shakespeare (1530), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), and Harry Mallin (1892).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Robert H. McNaught ranks 61. Before him are Ralph Copeland (1837), William Robert Brooks (1844), Edward Pigott (1753), William Frederick Denning (1848), Patrick Moore (1923), and William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843). After him are William Henry Smyth (1788), William Christie (1845), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Madge Adam (1912), and Richard A. Proctor (1837).

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