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Herschel Medal
Awarded for"investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics"[1]
Reward(s)Medal
First awarded1974[2]
Last awarded2019
Currently held byNial Tanvir
Websitehttp://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2272-herschel-medal Edit this on Wikidata

The Herschel Medal is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for "investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics". It is awarded for a single piece of work so that younger scientists can be candidates for the award.[1] It is named after the RAS's first president, William Herschel.[3] The medal was first awarded in 1974. The medal has been shared twice, in 1977 and 1986. It has been awarded 22 times to a total of 24 people (23 men, one woman), mostly from the UK.[2][4]

Medalists

Source: Royal Astronomical Society

Photo Year Medalist(s) Field References
1974 John Paul Wild Radio astronomy [2]
File:Wilson penzias200.jpg 1977 Arno Penzias
Robert Woodrow Wilson		 Discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation [2]
1980 Gérard de Vaucouleurs Galaxy classification and cataloging [2][5]
1983 William W. Morgan Stellar classification [2][6]
1986 Albert Boggess
Robert Wilson		 Ultraviolet astronomy [2]
1989 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Pulsars [2]
1992 Andrew Lyne Radio astronomy [2]
1995 George Isaak Helioseismology [2]
1998 Gerry Neugebauer Infrared astronomy [2]
2001 Patrick Thaddeus Structure and distribution of molecular clouds [2]
2004 Keith Horne Cataclysmic variable stars and exoplanets [2][7]
2006 Govind Swarup Radio astronomy [2][8]
2008 Max Pettini Extragalactic cosmology [2][3]
2010 James H. Hough Polarimetry [2][9]
2012 Mike Irwin Digital optical and infrared surveys [2][10]
2013 Michael Kramer Pulsars [2][11]
2014 Reinhard Genzel Galactic and Extragalactic astronomy [2][12]
2015 Stephen Eales Submillimetre astronomy [4][13]
2016 James Dunlop Galaxy formation [14]
2017 Simon Lilly Galaxy evolution [2]
2018 Tom Marsh Doppler Tomography [15]
2019 Nial Tanvir Studies of the Explosive Universe
2020 Rob Fender Black hole accretion

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Awards, Medals and Prizes - Herschel Medal". RAS. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Herschel Medal Winners" (PDF). RAS. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured with RAS medals and prizes". RAS. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Winners of the 2015 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ "1980 Jan 13 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society" (Document). The Observatory. Bibcode:1980Obs...100...53.
  6. ^ "1983 May 13 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society". The Observatory. 103: 225. 1983. Bibcode:1983Obs...103..225.
  7. ^ "Royal Astronomical Society announces 2004 medals and awards". RAS. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Citation for Professor Govind Swarup for The Herschel Medal" (PDF). RAS. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. ^ "RAS Honours Outstanding Astronomers and Geophysicists". RAS. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ^ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". RAS. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Winners of the 2013 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Cardiff University astronomers honoured for helping to improve our understanding of the universe". Wales Online. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  14. ^ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist". RAS. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2018-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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