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Stephen P. Synnott

1946 - Today

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Stephen P. Synnott (born 1946) is an American astronomer and Voyager scientist at JPL, and expert in spacecraft optical navigation techniques. He has discovered several natural satellites of outer Solar System planets such as Metis, Puck, Larissa (recovered), Cressida, Thebe and Proteus. The minor planet 6154 Stevesynnott, discovered by Henry E. Holt in 1990, was named in his honour. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 July 1996 (M.P.C. 27461). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen P. Synnott is the 357th most popular astronomer (up from 465th in 2019), the 5,175th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,428th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 357 out of 644. Before him are James Glaisher, Cyril Jackson, Heikki A. Alikoski, Marc William Buie, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and Johann Gottfried Köhler. After him are Albert George Wilson, Otto Lesser, Maurice Loewy, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Paul Götz, and Alvan Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 379. Before him are Eliades Ochoa, Slobodan Santrač, Sanjay Gandhi, Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Andreas Katsulas, and Don Schollander. After him are Ricardo Maduro, Mick Ronson, Jan Decleir, Slim Borgudd, Carmine Appice, and Ricky Hui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 5,175 out of 20,380. Before him are Reuben Fine (1914), Don Schollander (1946), Bob Gale (1951), Gene Amdahl (1922), Doris Roberts (1925), and Embeth Davidtz (1965). After him are James Russell Lowell (1819), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Solange Knowles (1986), Ray Dolby (1933), Diahann Carroll (1935), and Claire Danes (1979).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Stephen P. Synnott ranks 64. Before him are Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Milton L. Humason (1891), Allan Sandage (1926), James L. Elliot (1943), and Carl A. Wirtanen (1910). After him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Alvan Clark (1804), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Lewis Boss (1846), Robert Herman (1914), and Brian Schmidt (1967).

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