# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-balonek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:23:06.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-balonek"
name: "Thomas J. Balonek"
slug: "thomas-j-balonek"
description: "Thomas J. Balonek is a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University. He studies optical and radio emissions from galactic centers and quasars, and is a multiple discoverer of minor planets."
tagline: "American astronomer"
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: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.34
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.067782666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس چ. بالونيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Balonek"
    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Balonek"
    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Balonek"
    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Balonek"
    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Balonek"
    title: "Thomas J. Balonek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Бэлонек, Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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