Ian Axford
New Zealand space scientist (1933-2010)
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Sir William Ian Axford was a New Zealand space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990. Axford's research was focused on the interaction of the Sun with the magnetic field of Earth (magnetosphere) or the interstellar medium (heliosphere).
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- honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington
- honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury
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