# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-soter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:30.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-soter"
name: "Steven Soter"
slug: "steven-soter"
description: "Steven Soter is an astrophysicist currently holding the positions of scientist-in-residence for New York University's Environmental Studies Program and of Research Associate for the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a proponent of the International Astronomical Union's definition of planet."
tagline: "American physicist"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ntdY5gYY84rdlFrGRaFOUU7USUu.jpg"
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: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             0.4157549234135667
  historical:           8.350469333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1581663/"
    handle:    "nm1581663"
sources:
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    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ستيفن سوتر"
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    title: "استیون سوتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven Soter"
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    title: "استیون سوتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soter"
    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soter"
    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soter"
    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soter"
    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370330"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224290"
    title: "Steven Soter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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