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Roy A. Tucker

1951 - 2021

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Roy Anthony Tucker (December 11, 1951 – March 5, 2021) was an American astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii. He was a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 702 numbered minor planets between 1996 and 2010. He also discovered two comets: 328P/LONEOS–Tucker and C/2004 Q1, a Jupiter-family and near-parabolic comet, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy A. Tucker is the 550th most popular astronomer (down from 525th in 2019), the 9,349th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,374th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Roy A. Tucker ranks 550 out of 644. Before him are Vincenzo Cerulli, Pavel Shternberg, John N. Bahcall, Louise du Pierry, Adelaide Ames, and Adriaan van Maanen. After him are Charles W. Juels, Thomas Brisbane, Madge Adam, Irwin I. Shapiro, Seiji Ueda, and Tomimaru Okuni.

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Among people born in 1951, Roy A. Tucker ranks 494. Before him are Bernie Marsden, Zeenat Aman, Péter Baczakó, Marielle de Sarnez, Jürgen Hennig, and Bill Moseley. After him are Maureen Caird, Noritake Takahara, Steve Miner, Ria Stalman, John L. Phillips, and Ellen Greene. Among people deceased in 2021, Roy A. Tucker ranks 524. Before him are Mary Wilson, Ron Wright, Marielle de Sarnez, John Richardson, Romano Fogli, and Peter Mark Richman. After him are Paola Pigni, Hryhorii Chapkis, William E. Thornton, Jiří Feureisl, Antal Kiss, and Guillermo Sepúlveda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 9,351 out of 20,380. Before him are Clint Howard (1959), Moira Kelly (1968), Julie Taymor (1952), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), George J. Mitchell (1933), and Ricky Schroder (1970). After him are Daniel Akaka (1924), Alexei Panshin (1940), Shailene Woodley (1991), Amy Steel (1960), Daphne Zuniga (1962), and John William Casilear (1811).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Roy A. Tucker ranks 112. Before him are Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Benjamin Banneker (1731), John Huchra (1948), John N. Bahcall (1934), and Adelaide Ames (1900). After him are Charles W. Juels (1944), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Lawrence H. Aller (1913), Thomas Bopp (1949), and John August Anderson (1876).

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