Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox scientist Template:Nihongo was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in Kanagawa, Japan and guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.
He was a pioneer in X-ray astronomy, leading the development and operation of the Ginga, Tenma, and ASCA satellites.<ref name="nas"/> He died on 18 January 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards and honors
Awards
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- Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1993)
- James Craig Watson Medal (1994)
- Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences (1998)<ref name="nas"/>
- Bruno Rossi Prize (2001)
- Person of Cultural Merit (2011)
Named after him
Other
- Foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The American Astronomical Society named him an Honorary Member (2012)
References
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2018 deaths
- 20th-century Japanese astronomers
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Laureates of the Imperial Prize
- Osaka University alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
- Academic staff of Nagoya University
- Japanese astrophysicists
- Scientists from Osaka