# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-r-cooney-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:16:41.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-r-cooney-jr"
name: "Walter R. Cooney, Jr."
slug: "walter-r-cooney-jr"
description: "Walter R. Cooney Jr. is an American chemical engineer, amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and variable stars."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           8.935709333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "والتر ر. كوني جونيور"
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney, Jr."
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney Jr."
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney, Jr."
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney, Jr."
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    title: "Walter R. Cooney, Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump