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Ľudmila Pajdušáková

1916 - 1979

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Ľudmila Pajdušáková (29 June 1916 – 6 October 1979) was a Slovak astronomer. She specialized in solar astronomy, and also discovered a number of comets, including periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, and the non-periodic C/1946 K1 (Pajdušáková-Rotbart-Weber), C/1948 E1 (Pajdušáková-Mrkos), C/1951 C1 (Pajdušáková) and C/1953 X1 (Pajdušáková). She observed at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and became its third director from 1958 to 1979. The asteroid 3636 Pajdušáková is named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ľudmila Pajdušáková is the 511th most popular astronomer (up from 526th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 227th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 511 out of 644. Before her are William Henry Smyth, Ruby Payne-Scott, DeLisle Stewart, Giuseppe Asclepi, Miguel Itzigsohn, and Julie Vinter Hansen. After her are William Christie, Warren De la Rue, Alfred Bohrmann, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, William Rutter Dawes, and Okuro Oikawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 233. Before her are Corneliu Mănescu, S. Yizhar, Robert Parrish, Mary Stewart, Bernard Binlin Dadié, and Edward Platt. After her are Jean Margéot, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Yvon Petra, David Douglas Duncan, Karen Lachmann, and Helene Hanff. Among people deceased in 1979, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 211. Before her are Dorothy Arzner, Les Clark, Yervand Kochar, Corinne Griffith, Jim Hutton, and Jacob L. Devers. After her are Albert Préjean, Bernt Evensen, Ethel Lackie, Eduardo Astengo, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, and Paolo Barison.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 202 out of 418. Before her are Viktor Madarász (1830), Ladislav Troják (1914), Anton Moravčík (1931), Ján Kocian (1958), Eduard Heger (1976), and Ľuboš Micheľ (1968). After her are Albín Brunovský (1935), Ján Babjak (1953), Milan Rúfus (1928), Kálmán Tihanyi (1897), István Bittó (1822), and Janko Jesenský (1874).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Slovakia

Among astronomers born in Slovakia, Ľudmila Pajdušáková ranks 2. Before her are Maximilian Hell (1720). After her are Peter Kušnirák (1974), and Ulrika Babiaková (1976).

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