# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-nordtvedt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:38:25.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-nordtvedt"
name: "Kenneth Nordtvedt"
slug: "kenneth-nordtvedt"
description: "Kenneth Leon Nordtvedt Jr. was an American physicist. He specialized in research for space agencies, including NASA, and promoted the use of Lunar Laser Ranging experiments to test theories of gravity. The Nordtvedt effect, a hypothetical gravitational effect, is named after him."
tagline: "American physicist"
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: "1939-04-16"
deathDate: "2025-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.3
  momentum:             3.790322580645161
  historical:           5.470446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Kenneth Nordtvedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%AA%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "كينيث نوردتڤيدت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Nordtvedt"
    title: "Kenneth Nordtvedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Nordtvedt"
    title: "Kenneth Nordtvedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Nordtvedt"
    title: "Kenneth Nordtvedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "کنت نوردوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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