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. 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.

Recipients Source: AGU Year Recipient References1990Fred Whipple1993Eugene Shoemaker1994David J. Stevenson1995Gordon Pettengill1998John B. Adams1999Bruce C. Murray2002Thomas B. McCord2004John A. Wood2005John T. Wasson2007Raymond E. Arvidson2008Roger J. Phillips2009Jean-Pierre Bibring2011Joseph Veverka2012Steven Squyres2013Harry McSween2014Larry Soderblom2015Alfred McEwen2016John Spencer2017Michael Malin2018Philip R. Christensen 2019Faith Vilas2020Robert O. Pepin 2021Paul Schenk 2022Ralph D. Lorenz 2023 Thomas H. Prettyman 2024Suzanne Smrekar 2025 Scott L. Murchie

See also

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

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