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Wang Sichao was born on 1937 in Rong County, Guangxi, China, is a Chinese astronomer and scholar. Discover Wang Sichao's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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Astronomer |
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79 years old |
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1937 |
| Birthday |
1937 |
| Birthplace |
Rong County, Guangxi, China |
| Date of death |
17 June, 2016 |
| Died Place |
Nanjing, China |
| Nationality |
China
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Wang Sichao Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wang Sichao Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wang Sichao worth at the age of 79 years old? Wang Sichao’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from China. We have estimated Wang Sichao's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Wang was born in 1937 in Rong County in Guangxi.
His ancestral hometown is in Guangzhou in Guangdong.
In his youth, he attended the primary and secondary schools affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University as well as the secondary school affiliated with South China Normal University.
Wang attended the Peking University where he received an astrophysics degree from the Department of Geophysics.
Between 1963 and 1999, he was a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing.
Wang researched asteroids, meteors, comets, and unidentified flying objects.
Upon graduation, in 1963 Wang joined the Purple Mountain Observatory as a research intern.
He was promoted to an assistant research position, an associate researcher position, and then a researcher position.
Wang began investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in 1971.
Wang believed that extraterrestrial life exists, possesses anti-gravity technology and is benevolent, stating this during interviews with the media such as China Central Television.
On one occasion, the popular science writer Fang Zhouzi stated that Wang had not provided proof for his claims.
Through email, Wang reached out to people in China who had seen UFOs to work with them to investigate the UFOs.
China News Service called him "a well-known astronomy education expert in China".
He taught about planetary science, Small Solar System bodies, meteorites, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
He wrote popular science books and frequently appeared on television shows.
During the Internet era, he started Sina Weibo and WeChat accounts through which he shared information about astronomy.
To fund his child's or children's overseas education, Wang borrowed 300,000 yuan (US$0).
Alongside Ouyang Ziyuan in 1976, Wang did in-depth studies of meteor showers that happened in Jilin.
China News Service said Wang's research "achieved important results".
To conduct research where a meteor hit in Ningqiang County, he visited the Qin Mountains to retrieve samples.
Wang researched the falling ice in Wuxi.
Wang conducted research on comets for China.
In addition to studying Comet Hale–Bopp, he travelled to Australia with the astronomer Zhang Jiaxiang during Halley's Comet's 1986 apparition to collect information about it.
His research team correctly foresaw when a comet would collide in 1994.
Wang helped design and make a Near-Earth object telescope in Xuyi County.
He retired in 1999 from the observatory.
As the first promoter in China of conducting studies of Near-Earth objects and asteroid impact avoidance, Wang was a pioneer of Chinese meteorology research.
He put on pause the self-funded Big Dipper Observation Award, which he had created in 2007 to raise awareness of UFOs, so that he could repay the education loan.
Wang Sichao (1937 – 17 June 2016) was a Chinese astronomer and scholar.
Wang died on 17 June 2016 in Nanjing at the age of 77 after a cerebral haemorrhage.
His funeral was held on 19 June at the Nanjing Funeral Parlor in the Xitian Temple.
