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| Born | John Bernard Hearnshaw (1946-03-16)16 March 1946 (age 79) Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Awards | Humboldt Fellowship (1981–82) Murray Geddes Prize from theRoyal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (1986) |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury |
| Doctoral students | Rebecca Priestley |
John Bernard HearnshawMNZM FRSNZ (born 16 March 1946)[1] is a New Zealand astronomer who is emeritus professor ofastronomy at theUniversity of Canterbury.[2][3] He served as director of theMt John University Observatory at the University of Canterbury from 1976 to 2008. He is a member of theInternational Astronomical Union and was president of its Commission 30 (onradial velocities) from 1997 to 2000. He is a fellow of theRoyal Society of New Zealand and theRoyal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. He was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to astronomy, in the2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.[1][4][5] Theminor planet5207 Hearnshaw is named after him.[6]
Notable students of Hearnshaw includeRebecca Priestley.[7]
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