Awards and Honours
Zeeman received the following awards for his contributions.
- Nobel Prize for Physics (1902)
- Matteucci Medal (1912)
- Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (1921)
- Rumford Medal (1922)
- Franklin Medal (1925)
The crater Zeeman on the Moon is named in his honour.
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