# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-j-tholen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:30:09.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-j-tholen"
name: "David J. Tholen"
slug: "david-j-tholen"
description: "David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaiʻi. He holds a 1978 B.S. from the University of Kansas, a 1984 PhD from the University of Arizona, and specializes in planetary and Solar System astronomy. He is a discoverer of minor planets and known for the Tholen spectral classification scheme used on asteroids."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/tholen/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump