James Whitney Young

Summary

James Whitney Young is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Portland^[2]. He was born on +1941-01-24T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as an astronomer^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• James Whitney Young's place of birth was Portland^[2].
• James Whitney Young was born on +1941-01-24T00:00:00Z^[3].
• James Whitney Young held citizenship in United States^[6].
• James Whitney Young's professions included astronomer^[4].
• James Whitney Young's field of work was astronomy^[7].
• James Whitney Young was educated at Roosevelt High School^[8].
• James Whitney Young is recorded as male^[9].
• James Whitney Young's instance of is recorded as human^[10].
• James Whitney Young's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bhd02^[11].
• James Whitney Young's family name is recorded as Young^[12].
• James Whitney Young's given name is recorded as James^[13].
• James Whitney Young's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'James Whitney Young'}^[14].
• James Whitney Young's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2280731602^[15].

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Origins and Family

James Whitney Young was born in Portland^[2]. He was born on +1941-01-24T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

James Whitney Young was educated at Roosevelt High School^[8].

Career and Affiliations

James Whitney Young worked as an astronomer^[4]. His field of work was astronomy^[7].

Why It Matters

James Whitney Young ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).^[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16]

He is credited with the discovery of 116903 Jeromeapt^[17], an asteroid^[18]; 84882 Table Mountain^[19], an asteroid^[20]; (149976) 2005 UO6^[21], an asteroid^[22]; 78577 JPL^[23], an asteroid^[24]; (158621) 2003 BJ^[25], an asteroid^[26]; and 201777 Deronda^[27], an asteroid^[28].

FAQs

Where was James Whitney Young born?

James Whitney Young was born in Portland^[2].

What did James Whitney Young do for work?

James Whitney Young worked as astronomer^[4].

Where did James Whitney Young go to school?

James Whitney Young was educated at Roosevelt High School^[8].

What did James Whitney Young discover?

James Whitney Young is credited as discoverer of 116903 Jeromeapt^[17], 84882 Table Mountain^[19], (149976) 2005 UO6^[21], and 78577 JPL^[23].