The Fred Whipple Award, established in 1989 by the Planetary Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union, is presented to an individual who makes an outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science.[1] The award was established to honor Fred Whipple. The Whipple Award includes an opportunity to present an invited lecture during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Fred Whipple Award
Awarded foroutstanding contributions in the field of planetary science
Presented byAmerican Geophysical Union
First awarded1990
Websitehttps://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Whipple-Award-Lecture Edit this on Wikidata

Recipients

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Source: AGU

Year Recipient References
1990 Fred Whipple
1993 Eugene Shoemaker [2]
1994 David J. Stevenson
1995 Gordon Pettengill
1998 John B. Adams
1999 Bruce C. Murray
2002 Thomas B. McCord
2004 John A. Wood
2005 John T. Wasson
2007 Raymond E. Arvidson [3]
2008 Roger J. Phillips [4]
2009 Jean-Pierre Bibring [5]
2011 Joseph Veverka [6][7]
2012 Steven Squyres [8]
2013 Harry McSween [9][10]
2014 Larry Soderblom [11]
2015 Alfred McEwen
2016 John Spencer [12]
2017 Michael Malin
2018 Philip R. Christensen [13]
2019 Faith Vilas
2020 Robert O. Pepin
2021 Paul Schenk
2022 Ralph D. Lorenz

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fred Whipple Award". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Planetary scientist to discuss meteor impacts on Earth". Stanford News Service. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Arvidson Receives 2007 Whipple Award". Agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Phillips Receives 2008 Whipple Award". Agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Bibring Receives 2009 Whipple Award". Agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Veverka Receives 2011 Whipple Award". agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Veverka honored with Whipple Award". Cornell.
  8. ^ "Squyres Receives 2012 Whipple Award". agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  9. ^ "McSween Receives 2013 Whipple Award". agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Professor Harry "Hap" McSween Honored with Whipple Award". UT.
  11. ^ "Soderblom Receives 2014 Whipple Award". agu.org. American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  12. ^ "SwRI's Spencer selected for AGU's Whipple Award". Southwest Research Institute. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ^ "-2018 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". AGU. Retrieved 2 August 2018.