Honors and Awards
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1966)
- Bruce Medal (1981)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1981)
- Heineman Prize (1981)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1982)
- Wolf Prize in Physics (1987)
- Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)
- National Medal of Science (2003)
- Asteroid 3371 Giacconi
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