Lalande Prize

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astronomy award scientific prize

The Lalande Prize was a prestigious 19th- and early 20th-century French astronomy award given by the French Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to astronomical research.

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomy award →
scientific prize →
awardedBy French Academy of Sciences →
awardedFor discoveries in astronomy →
observational work in astronomy →
theoretical work in astronomy →
country France →
dissolved 1920s →
field astronomy →
hasNotableRecipient Anders Jonas Ångström →
Arthur Auwers →
Benjamin Valz →
Camille Flammarion →
Friedrich Argelander →
Friedrich Bessel →
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve →
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander →
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel →
Friedrich Winnecke NERFINISHED →
Friedrich Zöllner →
George Biddell Airy →
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest →
Henri Deslandres NERFINISHED →
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin →
Henri Poincaré →
Hermann Bruns NERFINISHED →
Hermann Carl Vogel →
Hermann Goldschmidt NERFINISHED →
Hermann Struve →
Johann Encke →
Johann Franz Encke →
Johann Galle →
Johann Heinrich von Mädler →
Johann Karl Burckhardt →
John Herschel →
Jules Janssen →
Norman Robert Pogson →
Pietro Angelo Secchi →
Urbain Le Verrier →
Wilhelm Tempel →
Édouard Roche →
Édouard Stephan →
inception 1802 →
languageOfAward French →
location Paris →
namedAfter Jérôme Lalande →
purpose to reward outstanding contributions to astronomical research →
sponsor French Academy of Sciences →
status discontinued →
timePeriod 19th century →
early 20th century →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
George Willis Ritchey →
James Edward Keeler →
Julius Plücker →
Karl Schwarzschild →
awardReceived
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