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Jerry Nelson
American astronomer (1944–2017)
Also known as Jerry Earl Nelson · Jerry E. Nelson
- Born
- January 15, 1944
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- January 15, 1944
- Died
- June 10, 2017
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- June 10, 2017
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
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- Awards
- Benjamin Franklin Medal(2012)
- Kavli Prize in Astrophysics(2010) together with: Raymond Wilson, Roger Angel · award rationale: for his contributions to the development of giant telescopes · affiliation: University of California
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics(1995)
On other databases
11 identifiers linking Jerry Nelson across the web's reference databases
- AstroGen ID22445
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/Jerry-Earl-Nelson
- FAST ID1445740
- Freebase ID/m/0b_r1z8
- Geni profile ID306003470380003813
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDJerry_Nelson
- IAU member ID26167
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80111429
- National Academy of Sciences member ID3001456
- VIAF cluster ID13616507
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJdWXGqWvQc9mX4BfWGyh3