Published on 19/01/2021
Dr Floor van Leeuwen is awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal 2021 for his reprocessing of the entire Hipparcos Catalogue, which remains the reference for the most accurate and complete astrometric data for the brightest stars.
Dr Floor van Leeuwen was the leader of the small team at the Royal Greenwich Observatory who worked on the original analysis of the Hipparcos data alongside astronomers from other countries.