Yasuo Tanaka

Japanese astrophysicist · Japan · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1931 to 2018 · aged 86

Yasuo Tanaka was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Kanagawa, Japan and guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.

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2018Died18 January 20182010Order of Merit of North Rhine-WestphaliaAwardPerson of Cultural MeritAward2001Bruno Rossi PrizeAward1999Eugen and Ilse Seibold AwardAward1994James Craig Watson MedalAward1993Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyAward1931Born18 March 1931

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