The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America. It recognizes the best planetary science paper, published during the previous year in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author). The topics covered by the award are listed on the cover of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. It has been given since 2002, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist Paul PellasLink to Paul Pellas french Wikipédia page . and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.

There have been 21 recipients of the award since its inception in 2002. The recipient's journal articles awarded have collectively been cited more than 2100 times as of December 31, 2019.

Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award Winners Sources: Meteoritical Society, GSA Planetary Geology Division +Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award WinnersPaper publishedYear awardedNameInstitutionGeneral Topic20002002Natasha JohnsonWashington UniversityVenus20012003Björn DavidssonUppsala UniversityComets20022004Nicolas DauphasUniversity of LorraineSolar Nebula (Isotopes)20032005Soichi ItohTokyo Institute of TechnologyChondrules20042006Danielle WyrickUniversity of Texas, San AntonioMars2005 & 20062007*James E. Richardson Jr. and Alice ToppaniUniversity of Arizona and University of LorraineAsteroids and Solar Nebula20072008Mathieu TouboulETH ZurichMoon20082009Bethany L. EhlmannBrown UniversityMars20092010Vishnu ReddyUniversity of North DakotaK-T Impact20102011Andrew W. BeckUniversity of TennesseeBreccias20112012D. Alex PatthoffUniversity of IdahoEnceladus20122013Christoph BurkhardtETH ZurichSolar Nebula (Isotopes)20132014Eike BeitzBraunschweig University of TechnologyChondrules20142015Steven M. BattagliaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIo (moon)20152016**Romy D. Hanna and Tanya HarrisonUniversity of Texas, Austin and University of Western OntarioMurchison meteorite and Mars20162017**Gerrit Budde and James T. KeaneUniversity of Münster and University of ArizonaChondrules and Pluto20172018Emily WorshamUniversity of Marylandiron meteorites20182019Simon LockHarvard UniversityMoon20192020Sabina RaducanImperial College LondonAsteroids20202021Jan HellmannUniversity of Münstercarbonaceous chondrites

*Timing of award adjusted by presenting two in the same year.

**Jointly awarded to two recipients in the same year.

See also

List of astronomy awards Glossary of meteoritics Venus Comet Solar nebula Chondrule Mars Asteroid Moon Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary Breccia Enceladus Isotope Io (moon) Murchison meteorite Pluto Tungsten

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