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    The Valz Prize (Prix Valz) was awarded by the French Academy of Sciences, from 1877 through 1970, to honor advances in astronomy. The Valz Prize was established...
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    Valz (May 27, 1787 – April 22, 1867) was a French astronomer. He was born in Nîmes and trained as an engineer. He was the son of politician Jean Valz...
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    11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR. In 1861, he was awarded the Lalande Prize. He won the Prix Valz for the year 1880. The main-belt asteroid 3808 Tempel and the lunar crater...
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    locations near the discovering Algiers Observatory. He was awarded the Valz Prize (Prix Valz) in 1919 by the French Academy of Sciences. The asteroid 1714 Sy...
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  • awarded him the Prix Valz for 1903 and the Prix Lalande for 1909. The asteroid 1539 Borrelly was named in his honor. In 1913, he received the Prix Jules Janssen...
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    Lalande Prize (redirect from Prix Lalande)
    it was 10,000 francs. It was combined with the Valz Prize (Prix Valz) in 1970 to create the Lalande-Valz Prize and then with a further 122 foundation prizes...
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    War I, and spent at least a year in hospital. He was awarded the Valz Prize (Prix Valz) for 1917 by the French Academy of Sciences. In 1943, he was awarded...
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    mirror. In 1884 the French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Valz Prize (Prix Valz). His name is associated with the periodic comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma...
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    directed its Comet (1891–1893) and Meteor (1899–1900) Sections. He won the Prix Valz of the French Academy of Sciences for 1895. During his life, Denning published...
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    Grants Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine "Prix et Subventions Attribués en 1931: Prix Valz". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie...
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