# Paul Kalas

> Paul Kalas is a Greek American astronomer known for his discoveries of debris disks around stars. Kalas led a team of scientists to obtain the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet with orbital motion around the star Fomalhaut, at a distance of 25 light years from Earth. The planet is referred to as Fomalhaut b.

*American astronomer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/paul-kalas

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1967-08-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/paul_kalas/ (@paul_kalas)
- **WEBSITE**: https://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~kalas/

## Sources
- [保羅·卡拉斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E7%BE%85%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF)
- [بول كلس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3)
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- [Paul Kalas](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalas)
- [Πολ Κάλας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Paul Kalas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalas)
- [Paul Kalas](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalas)
- [Калас, Пол](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB)
- [Paul Kalas](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalas)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3131410)

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