The Barringer Medal recognizes outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. The Barringer Medal and Award were established to honor the memory of
D. Moreau Barringer Sr. and his son D. Moreau Barringer Jr. and are sponsored by the
Barringer Crater Company. The medal is awarded by the
Meteoritical Society
The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the ...
. The senior Barringer was the first to seriously propose an impact origin for the crater that now bears his name.
Barringer Medal Winners
The first recipient, Eugene Shoemaker, co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 and was the first to offer accepted proof of Barringer Crater’s meteoritic origin.
[Levy, David H.(2002) ''Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact''. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-11325-4.]
See also
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List of astronomy awards
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Glossary of meteoritics
This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.
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* 2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites.
* 4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid b ...
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Astronomy prizes
Meteorite prizes
Awards established in 1984