Robert Grant Aitken - Honors

Honors

Awards

  • Lalande Prize of the French Academy (1906, with William Hussey)
  • Bruce Medal (1926)
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1932)
  • Honorary Sc.D. from College of the Pacific, Williams College, University of Arizona, and an honorary LL.D. from the University of California

Named after him

  • Asteroid 3070 Aitken
  • Aitken on the Moon, part of the very large South Pole-Aitken basin

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