Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)
{{Short description|Japanese astrophysicist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Yasuo Tanaka
| image = Yasuo Tanaka cropped 1 Yasuo Tanaka 201011.jpg
| birth_date ={{birth date|1931|03|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Osaka, Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|01|18|1931|03|18|df=y}}
| fields = Astrophysics
| known_for = Pioneer in X-ray astronomy
| workplaces = {{ubl|University of Tokyo|Nagoya University}}
| alma_mater =Osaka University
}}
{{Nihongo|Yasuo Tanaka|田中 靖郎|Tanaka Yasuo| extra=18 March 1931 – 18 January 2018}} was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in Kanagawa, Japan and guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.
He was a pioneer in X-ray astronomy, leading the development and operation of the Ginga, Tenma, and ASCA satellites. He died on 18 January 2018.[https://aas.org/obituaries/yasuo-tanaka-1932-2018 Yasuo Tanaka (1932–2018)]
Awards and honors
Awards
- {{ill|Toray Science and Technology Prize|ru|}} (1989)
- Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1993)
- James Craig Watson Medal (1994)
- Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences (1998)
- Bruno Rossi Prize (2001)
- Person of Cultural Merit (2011)
Named after him
Other
- Foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989){{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/4852 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214195233/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/4852 |title=Y. Tanaka |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |archive-date=14 February 2016 |access-date=14 February 2016}}
- The American Astronomical Society named him an Honorary Member (2012)
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Category:20th-century Japanese astronomers
Category:Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Category:Laureates of the Imperial Prize
Category:Osaka University alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
Category:Academic staff of Nagoya University
Category:Japanese astrophysicists
Category:Scientists from Osaka
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