# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-peltier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:59:59.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-peltier"
name: "Leslie Peltier"
slug: "leslie-peltier"
description: "Leslie Copus Peltier was an American amateur astronomer and discoverer of several comets and novae, including Nova Herculis 1963. He was once described as \"the world's greatest non-professional astronomer\" by Harlow Shapley."
tagline: "American astronomer (1900–1980)"
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: "1900-01-02"
deathDate: "1980-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.739021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "萊斯利·塞貝克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Copus_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Copus Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Copus_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Copus Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "レスリー・ペルチャー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Peltier"
    title: "Leslie Peltier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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