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Chamberlain, Joseph W. (Joseph Wyan), 1928-2004

Clemence, Gerald M. (Gerald Maurice), 1908-

Crew, Henry, 1859-1953

Cronin, James W., 1931-2016

Dalgarno, A.

Ney, Edward Purdy, 1920-

Paczyński, Bohdan

Ross, Frank E. (Frank Elmore), 1874-1960

Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957

Schmidt, Brian, 1967-

Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997

Tousey, Richard

Townes, Charles H.

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American Astronomical Society

Johns Hopkins University. Department of Physics

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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