# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-kowalski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:25:22.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-kowalski"
name: "Richard Kowalski"
slug: "richard-kowalski"
description: "Richard A. Kowalski is an American astronomer who has discovered numerous asteroids and comets, among them, many near-Earth objects."
tagline: "Astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           11.804824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Richard A. Kowalski"
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  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Kowalski"
    title: "Richard A. Kowalski"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump