Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging
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Die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging, in 1899 deur George Ellery Hale gestig, is 'n Amerikaanse Vereniging van professionele sterrekundiges en ander belangstellende individue, met sy hoofkwartier in Washington, D.C. Die primêre doelwit van die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging is om die bevordering van die sterrekunde en nou verwante vakke van wetenskap te bevorder, en die sekondêre doel is die bevordering van sterrekunde-onderwys en om 'n politieke stem vir sy lede te bied. Sy huidige missie is om die mens se wetenskaplike begrip van die heelal te verbeter en te deel. Dit is 'n nie regerings organisasie met 'n ledetal van ongeveer 7000 lede. Die President van die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging is Megan Donahue.
Publikasies
[wysig | wysig bron]- Astronomical Journal
- Astronomy Education Review
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Icarus
Pryse/Toekennings
[wysig | wysig bron]- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
- Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
- Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
- Joseph Weber Award,
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
- George Van Biesbroeck Prize
- Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
- Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award
- Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award
- Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award
- Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
- Harold C. Urey Prize
- Harold Masursky Meritorious Service Award
- Brouwer Award
- Bruno Rossi Prize
- LeRoy E. Doggett Prize
- George Ellery Hale Prize
- Karen Harvey Prize
Presidente
[wysig | wysig bron]- Simon Newcomb (1899–1905)
- Edward Charles Pickering (1905–1919)
- Frank Schlesinger (1919–1922)
- William Wallace Campbell (1922–1925)
- George Cary Comstock (1925–1928)
- Ernest William Brown (1928–1931)
- Walter Sydney Adams (1931-1934)
- Henry Norris Russell (1934-1937)
- Robert Grant Aitken (1937-1940)
- Joel Stebbins (1940-1943)
- Harlow Shapley (1943-1946)
- Otto Struve (1946-1949)
- Alfred Harrison Joy (1949-1952)
- Robert Raynolds McMath (1952-1954)
- Donald Howard Menzel (1954-1956)
- Paul Willard Merrill (1956-1958)
- Gerald Maurice Clemence (1958-1960)
- Lyman Spitzer, Jr. (1960-1962)
- Carlyle Smith Beals (1962-1964)
- Leo Goldberg (1964-1966)
- Bengt Strömgren (1966-1967)
- Albert E. Whitford (1967-1970)
- Martin Schwarzschild (1970-1972)
- Bart J. Bok (1972-1974)
- Robert Paul Kraft (1974-1976)
- E. Margaret Burbidge (1976-1978)
- Ivan R. King (1978-1980)
- David S. Heeschen (1980-1982)
- Arthur D. Code (1982-1984)
- Maarten Schmidt (1984-1986)
- Bernard F. Burke (1986-1988)
- Donald Edward Osterbrock (1988-1990)
- John Norris Bahcall (1990-1992)
- Sidney C. Wolff (1992-1994)
- Frank Shu (1994-1996)
- Andrea K. Dupree (1996-1998)
- Robert D. Gehrz (1998-2000)
- Anneila I. Sargent (2000-2002)
- Catherine A. Pilachowski (2002-2004)
- Robert P. Kirshner (2004-2006)
- J. Craig Wheeler (2006-2008)
- John Peter Huchra (2008-2010)
- Debra M. Elmegreen (2010-2012)
- David Helfand (2012–2014)
- Meg Urry (2015-2016)
- Christine Jones-Foreman (2016-2017)
- Megan Donahue (2017–2018)