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The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society is the highest award given by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The RAS Council have "complete freedom as to the grounds on which it is awarded" and it can be awarded for any reason.
- Royal Astronomical Society - Wikipedia
The highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society is its...
- Medaglia d'oro della Royal Astronomical Society - Wikipedia
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- Royal Astronomical Society - Wikipedia
The Society presents several awards, medals and prizes for outstanding achievements in astronomy and geophysics. The Gold Medal is the highest award in the Society's gift, and the Byelaws leave the Council complete freedom to the grounds on which it is awarded.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1866. In 1884, he attended the International Meridian Conference as a delegate for Britain . A crater on the Moon is jointly named after him, Walter Sydney Adams and Charles Hitchcock Adams .
The Society's highest honour is its Gold Medal, which can be awarded for any reason but usually recognises lifetime achievement. Past winners include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Arthur Eddington and Stephen Hawking. It was first awarded in 1824; since 1964 two have been awarded each year: one for astronomy, and one for geophysics.
In 1898, Denning won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. He also won the Donohoe Comet Medal for his July 23, 1890 discovery of a comet. Such was his standing in the astronomical community that following his death a memorial tablet was fixed to his house.
