Announcement
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2012
is awarded in equal shares to
David C Jewitt
and
Jane Luu
for their discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies,
an archeological treasure dating back to the formation of the solar system
and the long-sought source of short period comets.
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2012
is awarded in equal shares to
David C Jewitt
and
Jane Luu
for their discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies,
an archeological treasure dating back to the formation of the solar system
and the long-sought source of short period comets.
29 May 2012 Hong Kong