Lalande Prize

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomy award
scientific prize
awardedBy Académie des Sciences
surface form: 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 Argelander
surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander

Friedrich Bessel
surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

Friedrich Winnecke
Friedrich Zöllner
Sir George Airy
surface form: George Biddell Airy

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Henri Deslandres
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin
Henri Poincaré
Hermann Bruns
Hermann Carl Vogel
Hermann Goldschmidt
Hermann Struve
Johann Franz Encke
surface form: Johann Encke

Johann Franz Encke
Johann Galle
Friedrich Argelander
surface form: Johann Heinrich von Mädler

Johann Karl Burckhardt
John Herschel
Jules Janssen
Norman Robert Pogson
Pietro Secchi
surface form: 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 Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
status discontinued
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century

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Clyde Tombaugh awardReceived Lalande Prize
Urbain Le Verrier awardReceived Lalande Prize
Johann Galle awardReceived Lalande Prize
subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
George Phillips Bond awardReceived Lalande Prize
Newcomb awardReceived Lalande Prize
subject surface form: Simon Newcomb
Léon Foucault awardReceived Lalande Prize
William Henry Pickering awardReceived Lalande Prize
Charles Augustus Young awardReceived Lalande Prize
Arthur Auwers awardReceived Lalande Prize
Jules Janssen awardReceived Lalande Prize
Pietro Secchi awardReceived Lalande Prize
Friedrich Argelander awardReceived Lalande Prize
Francis Baily awardReceived Lalande Prize
Hermann Carl Vogel awardReceived Lalande Prize
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest awardReceived Lalande Prize
Lewis M. Rutherfurd awarded Lalande Prize