Lalande Prize
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Lalande Prize
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The Lalande Prize was an award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences. The prize was endowed by astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1801, a few years before his death in 1807, to enable the Academy of Sciences to make an annual award "to the person who makes the most unusual observation or writes the most useful paper to further the progress of Astronomy, in France or elsewhere." The awarded amount grew in time: in 1918 the amount awarded was
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Award for scientific advances in astronomy (1802–1970)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalande_Prize
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2024-04-15T16:20:40Z
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