Allan Sandage
Allan Sandage | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1926 |
| Died | November 13, 2010 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology University of Illinois |
| Known for | Physical cosmology |
| Awards | Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1957) Eddington Medal (1963) Rittenhouse Medal (1968) National Medal of Science (1970) Elliott Cresson Medal (1973) Bruce Medal (1975) Crafoord Prize (1991) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Carnegie Observatories |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Baade |
Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer who worked at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California.[2] He discovered asteroid (96155) 1973 HA on 27 April 1973. He also figured out the first fairly accurate measurements for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe.[source?]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lynden-Bell, Donald; Schweizer, François (2012). "Allan Rex Sandage. 18 June 1926 -- 13 November 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 58: 245–264. arXiv:1111.5646. Bibcode:2012BMFRL..58..245L. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0021. S2CID 72680092.
- ↑ "Carnegie Observatories-Pasadena". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2009-12-04.