Astronomical Society of the Pacific

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific ( ASP for short ) was founded in San Francisco in 1889. It has the legal status of a non-profit organization.

It is the largest astronomical society in the world with members in over 70 countries worldwide. The organization supports astronomical education and publishes the popular astronomy magazine Mercury . She also publishes the science magazine Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific .

The main outer belt asteroid (2848) ASP is named after the organization.

Prices

The ASP awards several annual prizes:

The Bruce Medal for lifelong contributions to astronomical research. The medal is named after Catherine Wolfe Bruce .
The Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and recognition of astronomy, named after Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts .
The Amateur Achievement Award, in recognition of essential contributions to astronomy by non-astronomical professionals.
The Bart Bok Award , named in honor of the astronomer Bart Bok , presented jointly with the American Astronomical Society at the International Science and Engineering Fair for outstanding student work in astronomy.
The Thomas Brennan Award for exceptional achievement in teaching astronomy to secondary schools.
The Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award for recent important observational results achieved through innovative advances in astronomical instruments, software or observation devices .

The Robert J. Trumpler Award , named in honor of the astronomer Robert J. Trumpler , is presented to the recipient of a recently awarded doctoral degree with a particularly remarkable doctoral thesis.

Web links

ASP website

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 18, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1959 VF. Discovered 1959 Nov. 8 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. ”

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 18, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1959 VF. Discovered 1959 Nov. 8 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. ”