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Sandra Faber

1944 - Today

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Sandra Moore Faber (born December 28, 1944) is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sandra Faber is the 274th most popular astronomer (down from 256th in 2019), the 3,943rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,716th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sandra Faber ranks 274 out of 644. Before her are Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Edward Walter Maunder, Aleksander Wolszczan, Cleostratus, Gottfried Kirch, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. After her are Daniel Kirkwood, Antonia Maury, Marguerite Laugier, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, André-Louis Danjon, and Geminiano Montanari.

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Among people born in 1944, Sandra Faber ranks 294. Before her are Vernor Vinge, Abdul Qadir, Eddie Gómez, Peter Bieri, Robert Hanssen, and Christine Chubbuck. After her are Bo Larsson, Lars Norén, Geoffrey Hughes, Jacques-Alain Miller, Rebecca Horn, and Carlos Pachamé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sandra Faber ranks 3,943 out of 20,380. Before her are Randy Couture (1963), Melvil Dewey (1851), Robert B. Anderson (1910), Susan Sullivan (1942), Dick Dale (1937), and Christine Chubbuck (1944). After her are Willy DeVille (1950), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Nolan North (1970), Timothy Hutton (1960), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), and Rosemary Clooney (1928).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Sandra Faber ranks 48. Before her are Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), William Wallace Campbell (1862), Charles T. Kowal (1940), William Cranch Bond (1789), Halton Arp (1927), and Elizabeth Roemer (1929). After her are Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Antonia Maury (1866), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), James W. Christy (1938), and Eugene Parker (1927).

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