# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-niesten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:01:42.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-niesten"
name: "Louis Niesten"
slug: "louis-niesten"
description: "Louis Niesten (1844–1920) was a Belgian astronomer working at the Brussels Royal Observatory. In 1877 he observed Mars and created a detailed map of its surface features."
tagline: "Astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Niesten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844"
deathDate: "1920"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           28.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.267566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Niesten"
    title: "Louis Niesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ルイ・ニーステン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Нистен, Жан Луи Никола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6687890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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