Whipple Award

The Fred Whipple Award, established in 1989 by the Planetary Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union, is presented to an individual who makes an outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science.^[1] The award was established to honor Fred Whipple. The Whipple Award includes an opportunity to present an invited lecture during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Fred Whipple Award
Awarded for	outstanding contributions in the field of planetary science
Presented by	American Geophysical Union
First award	1990
Website	https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Whipple-Award-Lecture

Recipients

Source: AGU

Year	Recipient	References
1990	Fred Whipple
1993	Eugene Shoemaker	[2]
1994	David J. Stevenson
1995	Gordon Pettengill
1998	John B. Adams
1999	Bruce C. Murray
2002	Thomas B. McCord
2004	John A. Wood
2005	John T. Wasson
2007	Raymond E. Arvidson	[3]
2008	Roger J. Phillips	[4]
2009	Jean-Pierre Bibring	[5]
2011	Joseph Veverka	[6][7]
2012	Steven Squyres	[8]
2013	Harry McSween	[9][10]
2014	Larry Soderblom	[11]
2015	Alfred McEwen
2016	John Spencer	[12]
2017	Michael Malin
2018	Philip R. Christensen	[13]
2019	Faith Vilas
2020	Robert O. Pepin
2021	Paul Schenk
2022	Ralph D. Lorenz

See also

• List of astronomy awards
• List of geophysics awards
• List of awards named after people