Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906–August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer.
Honors
Awards
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- Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award, by US President John F. Kennedy (1963)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983)
- Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1986)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (1987)
- Asteroid 1940 Whipple
- Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins in Arizona
- Whipple shield
Named after him
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