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(Q65807)

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Reinhard Genzel

German astronomer

  • R. Genzel
  • R Genzel
  • Genzel
  • Genzel R.
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name in native language
Reinhard Genzel (German)
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father
Ludwig Genzel
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native language
German
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award received
Prix Jules Janssen
point in time
2000
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Harvey Prize
point in time
2014
country of citizenship
Germany
award rationale
in recognition of developing many novel ground, airborne and space-based instruments enabling the tracking of the motion of stars with unprecedented precision extremely close to the Galactic center and thus, to be the first to provide irrefutable evidence for the existence of massive black hole at the Galactic center. (English)
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reference URL
https://harveypz.net.technion.ac.il/harvey-prize-laureates/
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Prize Winners (English)
language of work or name
English
publisher
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Herschel Medal
point in time
2014
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Fellow of the American Physical Society
point in time
1985
award rationale
For important contributions in the experimental and observational astrophysics using techniques of very long baseline interferometry and spectroscopy in the infrared and submilimeter regions of the spectrum. (English)
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reference URL
https://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de/content/prof-dr-reinhard-genzel
title
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel (German)
publisher
Max Planck Society
title
APS Fellowship (English)
publisher
American Physical Society
reference URL
https://www.aps.org/units/dap/fellowship/index.cfm?year=1985
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
country of citizenship
Germany
point in time
2008
award rationale
for demonstrating that the Milky Way's centre contains a supermassive black hole (English)
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reference URL
https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/astronomy/2008
publisher
Shaw Prize
title
The 2008 Prize in Astronomy (English)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
point in time
2012
country of citizenship
Germany
award rationale
for their observations of the stars orbiting the galactic centre, indicating the presence of a supermassive black hole (English)
field of work
astronomy
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reference URL
https://www.crafoordprize.se/news/the-crafoord-prize-in-mathematics-2012-and-the-crafoord-prize-in-astronomy-2012/
Nobel Prize in Physics
point in time
2020
award rationale
för upptäckten av ett supermassivt kompakt objekt i Vintergatans centrum (Swedish)
for the discovery of a supermassive compact objectat the centre of our galaxy (English)
together with
Andrea M. Ghez
proportion
0.25
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reference URL
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/10/press-physicsprize2020.pdf
stated in
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
stated in
European Southern Observatory
reference URL
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2017/
title
2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for research with ESO telescopes on Milky Way's supermassive black hole (English)
publication date
6 October 2020
retrieved
6 October 2020
language of work or name
English

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AstroGen ID
34077
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FactGrid item ID
Q887761
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KBR person ID
14267005
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MR Author ID
1515720
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Nobel Laureate API ID
989
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Prabook ID
170310
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