Allan Sandage

Allan Sandage
Born(1926-06-18)June 18, 1926
Iowa City, Iowa
DiedNovember 13, 2010(2010-11-13) (aged 84)
San Gabriel, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
University of Illinois
Known forPhysical cosmology
AwardsHelen 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
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsCarnegie Observatories
Doctoral advisorWalter 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Carnegie Observatories-Pasadena". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

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