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Sylvain Arend

1902 - 1992

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Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (6 August 1902 – 18 February 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Robelmont, Luxembourg province, Belgium. His main interest was astrometry. Together with Georges Roland, he discovered the bright comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland). He also discovered, or co-discovered, the periodic comets 49P/Arend-Rigaux and 50P/Arend, Nova Scuti 1952, and a number of asteroids, including notably the Amor asteroid 1916 Boreas and the Trojan asteroid 1583 Antilochus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvain Arend is the 291st most popular astronomer (up from 318th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Luxembourg (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Sylvain Arend ranks 291 out of 644. Before him are James W. Christy, Jean Fernel, Richard Martin West, Laurent Cassegrain, Giorgio Abetti, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham. After him are Richard Christopher Carrington, Hervé Faye, Grigory Neujmin, Eugene Parker, Frank Muller, and Mashallah ibn Athari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Sylvain Arend ranks 145. Before him are Henry Hansen, Gustav Fröhlich, Tallulah Bankhead, Giovanni Colombo, Erik Eriksen, and Hans von Dohnanyi. After him are Charles Barton, Riccardo Morandi, Boris Barnet, Adolfo Zumelzú, Juan Evaristo, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Among people deceased in 1992, Sylvain Arend ranks 123. Before him are László Benedek, Yang Kyoungjong, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Giovanni Colombo, Mihailo Lalić, and Angela Carter. After him are Hammer DeRoburt, Paul Henreid, Michel Berger, Emilio Recoba, Gustav Lombard, and Joe Shuster.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Sylvain Arend ranks 31 out of 95. Before him are Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285), Viviane Reding (1951), Louis Pilot (1940), Michel Théato (1878), Luc Frieden (1963), and Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (1954). After him are Xavier Bettel (1973), Josy Barthel (1927), Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg (1925), Camillo Felgen (1920), Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957), and Gabriela von Habsburg (1956).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Luxembourg

Among astronomers born in Luxembourg, Sylvain Arend ranks 1. 

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