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Tom Gehrels

1925 - 2011

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Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Gehrels is the 102nd most popular astronomer (up from 127th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

Tom Gehrels is most famous for being the director of the National Solar Observatory, which is located in Sunspot, New Mexico. He has also been credited with discovering the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

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Among astronomers, Tom Gehrels ranks 102 out of 644. Before him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Henry Norris Russell, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Arthur Auwers. After him are Walter Sydney Adams, Edward Charles Pickering, David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, and Lewis A. Swift.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tom Gehrels ranks 73. Before him are John Tate, Wong Fei-hung, Jean Tinguely, Michael Halliday, Joshua Lederberg, and Frei Otto. After him are John Pople, John Cocke, Celia Cruz, József Bozsik, Claude Lanzmann, and Alain Touraine. Among people deceased in 2011, Tom Gehrels ranks 48. Before him are Amy Winehouse, Lynn Margulis, Zdeněk Miler, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dev Anand, and Betty Ford. After him are Ernesto Sabato, Linda Christian, Ante Marković, Aristides Pereira, Yelena Bonner, and Leonora Carrington.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 141 out of 1,646. Before him are Edwin van der Sar (1970), Louise of the Netherlands (1828), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Etty Hillesum (1914), Gabriël Metsu (1629), and Willem Janszoon (1570). After him are Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Robert van Gulik (1910), and Geert Hofstede (1928).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 5. Before him are Jan Oort (1900), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Gerard Kuiper (1905), and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692). After him are Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), and Michael van Langren (1598).

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