Tycho Brahe Medal

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Tycho Brahe Medal
Awarded forIn recognition of the development or exploitation of European instruments, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments.
CountryEurope
Presented by European Astronomical Society
First award2008
Website eas.unige.ch/tycho_brahe_medal.jsp

The Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded by the European Astronomical Society. Namesake is the Danish astronomer of the Renaissance Tycho Brahe. Inaugurated in 2008, the prize is awarded annually in recognition of the pioneering of European astronomical instrumentations, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments. [1] Since 2019, a medal has been awarded. [1]

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Laureates

The following persons have received the Tycho Brahe Prize/Medal: [1]

YearName
2008 Göran Scharmer  [ sv ]
2009 Françoise Combes
2010 Raymond Wilson
2011 Michael Perryman
2012 Reinhard Genzel
2013 Massimo Tarenghi  [ it ]
2014 Antoine Labeyrie
2015 Michel Mayor
2016 Joachim Trümper  [ de ]
2017 Bernard Delabre
2018 Andrzej Udalski [2]
2019 Guy Monnet [3]
2020 Stefano Vitale [4]
2021 Frank Eisenhauer [5]
2022Jean-Luc Starck [6] [7]
2023 Anton Zensus [8]
2024 Francesco Pepe  [ fr; de ] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tycho Brahe Prize". European Astronomical Society. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tycho Brahe Prize 2018 for Prof. Andrzej Udalski". University of Warsaw. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "2019 Tycho Brahe Medal awarded to Prof. Guy Monnet". Site Ens international. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "LISA Pathfinder mission leader recipient of 2020 Tycho Brahe Medal". Erzia. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Frank Eisenhauer". www.mpe.mpg.de. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Person Info". Institute of Astrophysics. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Meylan, Georges (29 September 2022). "European Astronomical Society prizes 2022" (PDF). Nature Astronomy. 6 (10): 1114–1115. doi: 10.1038/s41550-022-01801-0 . ISSN   2397-3366 . Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tycho Brahe Medal awarded to Anton Zensus". Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Observatoire Astronomique". UNIGE. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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