# Alar Toomre

> Alar Toomre is an American astronomer and mathematician. He is a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Toomre's research is focused on the dynamics of galaxies. He is a 1984 MacArthur Fellow.

*American-Estonian astronomer and mathematician (born 1937)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alar-toomre

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-02-05
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Алар Тоомре](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5)
- [ألار تومر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1)
- [Alar Toomre](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [Αλάρ Τόομρε](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%81_%CE%A4%CF%8C%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%81%CE%B5)
- [Alar Toomre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [Alar Toomre](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [آلار تومره](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%87)
- [Alar Toomre](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [Alar Toomre](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [Тоомре, Алар](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80)
- [Alar Toomre](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773702)

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