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Maarten Schmidt (28 December 1929 – 17 September 2022) was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. He was the first astronomer to identify a quasar, and so was pictured on the March cover of Time magazine in 1966.
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| Maarten Schmidt | Alma mater | Leiden Observatory | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Born | (1929-12-28)28 December 1929 Groningen, Netherlands | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Died | 17 September 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 92) Fresno, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Doctoral advisor | Jan Oort | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Fields | Astronomy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Known for | Quasars | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maarten Schmidt | Workplaces | California Institute of Technology | 1.00 | infobox |
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