Eugene N. Parker

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academic astrophysicist human physicist spacecraft

Eugene N. Parker was an American astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on solar wind and magnetic fields in space, fundamentally shaping modern heliophysics.

Aliases (2)

Parker Solar Probe ×3
Eugene Newman Parker ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → astrophysicist → human → physicist → spacecraft →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Crafoord Prize in Astronomy → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics → Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences → National Medal of Science →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-06-10 →
dateOfDeath	2022-03-15 →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → Michigan State University →
employer	Enrico Fermi Institute → University of Chicago →
familyName	Parker →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → heliophysics → space physics →
fullName	Eugene Newman Parker →
gender	male →
givenName	Eugene →
hasResearchInterest	cosmic magnetic fields → plasma physics → solar corona → solar magnetic fields →
influenced	development of modern heliophysics → space weather research →
knownFor	Parker spiral model of the interplanetary magnetic field → pioneering contributions to heliophysics → theory of the solar wind → work on magnetic fields in space →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
namedAfter	Eugene N. Parker →
namesakeOf	Parker Solar Probe →
notableWork	Parker spiral model → papers on supersonic solar wind →
operator	NASA →
placeOfBirth	Houghton, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
positionHeld	S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor → professor of physics →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eugene N. Parker ("Eugene Newman Parker") →	fullName
Parker Solar Probe →	namedAfter
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →	notableRecipient