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Ernst Öpik
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Note on stellar perturbations of nearly parabolic orbits
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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Kingston upon Hull
- Active from
- 1991
Discography
- Feel Yourself1992
- Opik1994
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- Works
- 381
- Cited by
- 4,621
Research areas
Most cited works
- Intelligent life in the Universe1967 · 333 cit
- <i>Physics of the Earth's Interior</i>1960 · 309 cit
- <i>Small Particle Statistics</i>1962 · 301 cit
- Collision probability with the planets and the distribution of planetary matter1951 · 269 cit
- The moon, meteorites and comets1964 · 264 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,879x
- Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
· 1968 · cited 13,426x
- Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
· 2015 · cited 11,856x
- Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease
· 2003 · cited 9,234x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,919x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1893-10-22 ) 22 October 1893, Kunda , Governorate of Estonia , Russian Empire
- Died
- 10 September 1985 (1985-09-10) (aged 91), Bangor , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom
- Alma mater
- University of Moscow University of Tartu
- Known for
- Öpik–Oort cloud
- Relatives
- Lembit Öpik (grandson)
- Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1975 Bruce Medal in 1976
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Armagh Observatory
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Julius Öpik (22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1893 – 10 September 1985) was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics, particularly of the Oort cloud and the Yarkovsky effect.
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