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Reuven Ramaty

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Hungarian-American astronomer (1937-2001)

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Reuven Ramaty (1937-2001) was a Hungarian-born Israeli-American astrophysicist who worked for 30 years at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He was a leader in the fields of solar physics, gamma-ray line spectrometry, nuclear astrophysics, and low-energy cosmic rays.

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Aerial view 2010 facing south.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Aerial view 2010 facing south.

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Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Reuven Ramaty (1937-2001) was a Hungarian-born Israeli-American astrophysicist who worked for 30 years at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He was a leader in the fields of solar physics, gamma-ray line spectrometry, nuclear astrophysics, and low-energy cosmic rays. Ramaty was a founding member of NASA's High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager which later was renamed in his honor to Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager. This was the first space mission to be named after a NASA scientist and was operational from 2002 until 2018. Ramaty made many contributions in the field of astrophysics and solar physics. He was given the Goddard Lindsay Award in 1980.

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United States
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Lived 1937 to 2001 · aged 64
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