Eddington Medal
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The Eddington Medal is a prestigious award in astrophysics and cosmology, presented by the Royal Astronomical Society for outstanding theoretical research in these fields.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
astronomy award
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astrophysics award → cosmology award → science award → |
| awardFor |
outstanding theoretical research in astrophysics
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outstanding theoretical research in cosmology → |
| awardingOrganizationField |
astronomy
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geophysics → |
| awardingOrganizationType |
learned society
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| discipline |
astronomy
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physics → |
| field |
astrophysics
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cosmology → theoretical astrophysics → theoretical cosmology → |
| frequency |
annual
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| genre |
scientific honor
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| hasAwardingBody |
Royal Astronomical Society
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| hasEligibility |
researchers in astrophysics
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researchers in cosmology → |
| hasStatus |
active
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| hasType |
medal
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| inception |
1953
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| isNamedAfter |
Sir Arthur Eddington
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| isPartOf |
Royal Astronomical Society awards
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| languageOfName |
English
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| namedAfter |
Arthur Stanley Eddington
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| namedAfterCitizenship |
British
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| namedAfterOccupation |
astrophysicist
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| namedForContributionArea |
theoretical astrophysics
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| notableRecipient |
Fred Hoyle
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Martin Rees → Roger Penrose → Stephen Hawking → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar → |
| presentedBy |
Royal Astronomical Society
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| recognizes |
theoretical work on stars and galaxies
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theoretical work on the structure and evolution of the universe → |
| scope |
international
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Alan Guth
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Alan Guth → Allan R. Sandage → Edwin E. Salpeter → Georges Lemaître → James Peebles → |
awardReceived |
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Royal Astronomical Society
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awards |