# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leland-cunningham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:14.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leland-cunningham"
name: "Leland Cunningham"
slug: "leland-cunningham"
description: "Leland Erskin Cunningham was an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. In a career spanning 50 years, he became an authority on orbit theory and on precise measurements of the orbits of comets, planets, satellites, and space probes. He was also an early authority on electronic digital computers and assisted in their construction and use in orbit calculations."
tagline: "American astronomer (1904-1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1904-02-19"
deathDate: "1989-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.937221333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Leland Cunningham"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump