Barringer Medal

Award

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.^[1] 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 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. ^[2]

See also

• List of astronomy awards
• Glossary of meteoritics

References

1. "Awards". The Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
2. Levy, David H.(2002) Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-11325-4.
3. "The Barringer Medal winners". Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
4. "Prof Joanna Morgan wins Barringer Medal for outstanding work in impact cratering". Imperial College London. Retrieved 27 August 2023.