# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aden-meinel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:38.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aden-meinel"
name: "Aden Meinel"
slug: "aden-meinel"
description: "Aden B. Meinel was an American astronomer. He retired in 1993 as a distinguished scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also held the rank of professor emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. His research interests have included upper atmospheric physics, glass technology, optical design, instrumentation and space systems."
tagline: "American astronomer (1922–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aden_Meinel_at_International_Astronomical_Union_(IAU)_meeting.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1922-11-25"
deathDate: "2011-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             9.729729729729732
  historical:           5.874406666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Meinel"
    title: "Aden Meinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Meinel"
    title: "Aden Meinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Meinel"
    title: "Aden Meinel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E7%99%BB%C2%B7%E8%BF%88%E5%86%85%E5%B0%94"
    title: "阿登·迈内尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB"
    title: "アデン・マイネル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Мейнел, Эден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump