# Maarten Schmidt

> Maarten Schmidt was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. He was the first astronomer to identify a quasar, and so was pictured on the March cover of Time magazine in 1966.

*Dutch astronomer (1929–2022)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/maarten-schmidt

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1929-12-28
- **Died:** 2022-09-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 18.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [مارتن شميت (استاذ جامعة من مملكه نيديرلاند)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF))
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
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- [Μάαρτεν Σμιντ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
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- [Maarten Schmidt](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [マーテン・シュミット](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%88)
- [마르턴 스밋](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%ED%84%B4_%EC%8A%A4%EB%B0%8B)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
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- [Шмидт, Мартен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [Maarten Schmidt](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Schmidt)
- [Мартен Шмідт](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%82)
- [马尔滕·施密特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%B0%94%E6%BB%95%C2%B7%E6%96%BD%E5%AF%86%E7%89%B9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547240)

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