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The Prix Jules Janssen is the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society. The Janssen Medal is an award presented by the French Academy of Sciences to those who have made advances in the area of astrophysics.
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The Henry Rey medal was founded in 1922 by Henry M. Rey from Marseille.
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The Zerinváry medal was established in 1963, however, Zerinváry is neither depicted on the coin nor his name is mentioned.
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In Slovakia an astronomical award medal was established bearing the name of Konkoly. Miklós Konkoly Thege was a wealthy Hungarian nobleman who established a private observatory at Ógyalla. He was not simply a rich landowner but an educated scientist as well.
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The Société Astronomique de France is the French astronomical society and was founded by the astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1887, its purpose is to promote the development and practice of astronomy.
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The Donohoe medal was established to reward those who discovered a comet.
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The Lorimer medal is an award of the The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh.
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Not too much is known about this medal, except what can be read on it.
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Francesco Denza was an Italian meteorologist and astronomer.
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St Andrew University in Scotland issued reward medals for students who came top of their class in a particular subject.
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The Mikoviny commemorative medal is an award of the Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Society, and not for the astronomers. Listed here only because of Mikoviny himself.
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For the first sight this medal has nothing to do with astronomy, but its reverse reveals the secret.