The Paolo Farinella Prize is named after Paolo Farinella. The prize recognizes significant contributions in the fields of planetary sciences, space geodesy, fundamental physics, science popularization, security in space, weapons control, and disarmament.[1] Recipients must be under the age of 47 (the age at which Farinella died) to qualify for the prize.

Paolo Farinella Prize
Awarded forSignificant contributions in Paolo Farinella's fields of interest
First awarded2011
Websitehttps://www.europlanet-society.org/paolo-farinella-prize/ Edit this on Wikidata

Paolo Farinella Prize Winners edit

Year Name[2]
2011 William Bottke
2012 John Chambers
2013 Patrick Michel
2014 David Vokrouhlický
2015 Nicolas Biver
2016 Kleomenis Tsiganis
2017 Simone Marchi[3]
2018 Francis Nimmo[4]
2019 Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo
2020 Jonathan Fortney and Heather Knutson[5]
2021 Diana Valencia and Lena Noack[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paolo Farinella Prize". Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "The Paolo Farinella Prize winners". Euro Planet. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The Paolo Farinella Prize winners". Euro Planet. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo awarded 2018 Farinella Prize". University of California Santa Cruz. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. ^ "EPSC2020: Farinella Prize 2020 Awarded to Jonathan Fortney and Heather Knutson". Euro Planet Society. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 Farinella Prize awarded to Diana Valencia and Lena Noack". EureakAlert!. Retrieved 10 April 2022.