Ian Axford

New Zealand space scientist (1933-2010) · New Zealand · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77

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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2010Died13 March 20101999Honorary Doctor of Victoria University of WellingtonAward1996Honorary Doctor of the University of CanterburyAward1995Knight BachelorAward1994Chapman MedalAwardRutherford MedalAward1972John Adam Fleming MedalAward1933Born2 January 1933

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