# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zdenek-sekanina
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:42:51.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zdenek-sekanina"
name: "Zdenek Sekanina"
slug: "zdenek-sekanina"
description: "Zdeněk Sekanina is a Czech-American astronomer and scientist."
tagline: "Czech-American astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zdenek_Sekanina_1974.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1936-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.18
  momentum:             1.513513513513514
  historical:           6.541001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%B2%E5%BE%B7%E5%85%A7%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E5%8D%A1%E5%B0%BC%E7%B4%8D"
    title: "茲德內克·塞卡尼納"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdeněk Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdenek_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdenek Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdenek_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdenek Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdeněk Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdeněk Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdenek_Sekanina"
    title: "Zdenek Sekanina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4023942"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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