Robert J. Trumpler Award
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The Robert J. Trumpler Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is a scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889. Its name derives from its origins on the Pacific Coast, but today it has members all over the country and the world...

 is given annually to a recent recipient of the Ph.D degree whose thesis is judged particularly significant to astronomy. The award is named after Robert Julius Trumpler
Robert Julius Trumpler
Robert Julius Trumpler was a Swiss-American astronomer....

, a notable Swiss-American astronomer (1886 – 1956).

Previous award winners

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