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    George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck, /vænˈbiːzbrʊk/, January 21, 1880 – February 23, 1974) was a Belgian–American astronomer....
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  • The George Van Biesbroeck Prize is an award for long-term achievements in the field of astronomy. According to the American Astronomical Society awards...
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  • Van Biesbroeck may refer to: People with the surname Van Biesbroeck George Van Biesbroeck (1880-1974) - astronomer Jules Evarist Van Biesbroeck (1848-1920)-...
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    53P/Van Biesbroeck is a periodic comet 7 km in diameter. Its current orbital period is 12.53 years. The comet was discovered by George Van Biesbroeck of...
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    Observatory in southern Germany. It was named after astronomer George Van Biesbroeck. Van Biesbroeck orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2...
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    Van Biesbroeck is a small lunar impact crater that interrupts the southern rim of the lava-flooded crater Krieger, in the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater...
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  • In 1961 the astronomer George Van Biesbroeck published a catalog of low luminosity stars discovered using the 82 in (2.1 m) Otto Struve refractor telescope...
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    Scholar. In 2010, the George Van Biesbroeck Prize was awarded to former observatory director, the American Jesuit, Fr. George Coyne. The Church has had...
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    the literature, and her dedication as a teacher" She received the George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 2010, for "many years of dedicated service to the national...
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    Institute of Physics), for outstanding work in astrophysics The George Van Biesbroeck Prize, for outstanding service to astronomy The Annie J. Cannon...
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    Professor of Astronomy in 1983. Aaronson and Jeremy Mould won the George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 1981 and the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy in 1984...
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    and was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal in 1980. He received the George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 1990. In 2022 a biography of Meinel and Marjorie was published...
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    the Centennial Medal of the Société Astronomique de France, 1987; George Van Biesbroeck Prize, American Astronomical Society, 1993; Leslie Peltier Award...
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  • 1787–1867) James Van Allen (United States, 1914–2006) George Van Biesbroeck (Belgium, United States, 1880–1974) Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Netherlands...
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  • 1033 Simona (category Discoveries by George Van Biesbroeck)
    approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered by George Van Biesbroeck in 1924, who named it after his daughter Simona. Simona was discovered...
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    first-discovered quasar 3C 273. In 1988, Hoffleit was awarded the George Van Biesbroeck Prize by the American Astronomical Society for a lifetime of service...
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    Army and an invading force from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Died: George Van Biesbroeck, 94, Belgian-born American astronomer William Knowland, 65, U.S...
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    Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1989. Wentzel received 2003 the George Van Biesbroeck Prize. His nomination reads: "For outstanding and sustained contributions...
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  • Walter Goodacre Medal of the British Astronomical Association (1979) George Van Biesbroeck Prize of the American Astronomical Society (1989) Brouwer Award...
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  • Micheline van Biesbroeck, daughter of discoverer George Van Biesbroeck DMP · 1045 1046 Edwin 1924 UA Edwin van Biesbroeck, son of discoverer George Van Biesbroeck...
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    VB 10 (redirect from Van Biesbroeck's Star)
    VB 10 or Van Biesbroeck's star /vænˈbiːzbrʊk/ is a small and dim red dwarf located in the constellation Aquila. It is part of a binary star system. VB...
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  • 1027 Aesculapia (category Discoveries by George Van Biesbroeck)
    discovered on 11 November 1923, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States...
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    Observatory Adjunct Scholar. In 2010, the George Van Biesbroeck Prize was awarded to former observatory director Fr. George Coyne, SJ. The current director of...
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    suffering to most scientific families in Russia. Frost, Struve and George Van Biesbroeck formed a "Committee for Relief of Russian Astronomers" and organized...
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  • orientation of the orbital plane of double stars under the mentorship of George Van Biesbroeck. While pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, in 1928...
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  • 1878 – Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948) 1880 – George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer (d. 1974) 1881 – Ernst Fast, Swedish...
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    Asteroid 18240 Mould is named in his honour. Mould was awarded the George Van Biesbroeck Prize in 1981 with Marc Aaronson, the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in...
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    Taylor, which had been lost since 1915. Further calculations by George van Biesbroeck concluded they were different comets. The 1935 approach was observed...
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  • 1991. He is winner of the 1999 Klumpke-Roberts Award, the 2007 George Van Biesbroeck Prize and the 2011 Andrew Gemant Award. Minor planet 9768 Stephenmaran...
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  • 1045 Michela (category Discoveries by George Van Biesbroeck)
    discovered on 19 November 1924, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States...
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