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American astronomer

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Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology.

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2007The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
2006Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science
2004Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1995National Medal of Science
1993Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1992Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
1985Chapman Medal
1979Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
Shaw Prize

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Eugene ParkerAlso won Chapman MedalJulio Ángel FernándezAlso won Gerard P. Kuiper PrizeDavid SpergelAlso won The Shaw Prize in AstronomyDavid DonohoAlso won Shaw PrizeJeremiah P. OstrikerAlso won Henry Norris Russell LectureshipJoan A. SteitzAlso won Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science

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Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. Since 2005 he has also been a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Asteroid 3805 Goldreich is named after him.

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United States
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Scientist
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Born 1939 · age 87
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