Lawrence Smith Medal is an award given by the National Academy of Sciences of the USA every three years for achievements in the field of research of meteorite materials [1] .
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History
Named after American chemist and meteor researcher . The award includes a prize of $ 50,000.
Laurence Smith Medal was established with Sarah Julia Smith's own money in memory of her husband and has been awarded since 1888.
Medal List
| Year | Awarded | Description |
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| 2018 | Kevin McKeegan | For using microanalytical methods to study meteorite materials - incredibly accurate studies that have improved our understanding of the processes and chronology of the early solar system. |
| 2015 | Hiroko Nagahara | For his work on the kinetics of evaporation and condensation in the early Solar System and its fundamental contribution to one of the most stable puzzles in meteorics, the formation of chondras, which make up the characteristic component of the largest group of meteorites. |
| 2012 | For researching the magmatic and metamorphic histories of the parent planets of chondritic and achondritic meteorites, with particular emphasis on his work on the geological history of Mars, based on studies of Martian meteorites and space flights to this planet. | |
| 2009 | For a pioneering study of oxygen isotopes in order to find out the nature and origin of meteorites, which showed that meteorites were collected from components with different nuclear origins. | |
| 2006 | For innovative quantitative research of minerals in meteorites and an important contribution to understanding the nature, origin and evolution of their parent bodies. | |
| 2003 | John Wasson | For important studies on the classification, origin and early history of iron and chondritic meteorites, as well as on the method of formation of chondras. |
| 2000 | For his unique contribution to the cosmochronology of planets and meteorites, as well as to the study of the dynamics of orbits and the formation of bodies of the solar system. | |
| 1997 | For pioneering studies of the isotopic composition of circumstellar dust particles stored in meteorites. | |
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| 1962 | Harold Clayton Urey | |
| 1888 | Hubert Anson Newton | For the study of the laws of motion of meteors and comets, as well as their relationship. |
Notes
- ↑ J. Lawrence Smith Medal . nasonline.org. Date of treatment June 18, 2019.