# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-j-kessler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:20:29.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-j-kessler"
name: "Donald J. Kessler"
slug: "donald-j-kessler"
description: "Donald J. Kessler is an American astrophysicist and former NASA scientist known for his studies regarding space debris."
tagline: "American astrophysicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.202020202020202
  historical:           9.173329333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Дональд Кесслер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دونالد جاي كيسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donald Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Kessler"
    title: "Donald J. Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Kessler"
    title: "Donald J. Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "دونالد جی کسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Kessler"
    title: "Donald J. Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "דונלד קסלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Kessler"
    title: "Donald J. Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Kessler"
    title: "Donald J. Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5294575"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump