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Seiji Ueda

1952 - Today

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Seiji Ueda (上田 清二, Ueda Seiji; born 1952) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets. Between 1987 and 2000, Ueda (in collaboration with Hiroshi Kaneda) discovered 705 asteroids. He holds an MD and Ph.D. from Stanford University and is on the staff at the Graduate University for Advanced Study in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seiji Ueda is the 555th most popular astronomer (down from 538th in 2019), the 1,651st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,564th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Seiji Ueda ranks 555 out of 644Before him are Adriaan van Maanen, Roy A. Tucker, Charles W. Juels, Thomas Brisbane, Madge Adam, and Irwin I. Shapiro. After him are Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, Scott S. Sheppard, Kazimierz Kordylewski, John Dobson, and Lawrence H. Aller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Seiji Ueda ranks 521Before him are Attilio Fontana, Jacek Yerka, Justin Yifu Lin, Franklin Graham, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, and Joe Borg. After him are Martin O'Neill, René Verheyen, Thomas Sjöberg, Doris Maletzki, Alex van Warmerdam, and Ali Fergani.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seiji Ueda ranks 1,651 out of 6,245Before him are Tsuru Morimoto (1970), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Takao Sakurai (1941), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Takahiro Sakurai (1974), and Toshio Masuda (1959). After him are Yuji Horii (1954), LiSA (1987), Nikka Costa (1972), Kazumasa Shimizu (1976), Ryota Takahashi (1986), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Seiji Ueda ranks 14Before him are Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Okuro Oikawa (1896), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), and Kenzo Suzuki (1950). After him are Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kin Endate (1960), Naoto Satō (1953), and Masaru Arai (1952).