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THE Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded to Prof. Jan H. Oort, director of the Leyden Observatory, for his investigation of the dynamics and rotation of the galactic system. A Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Gift has been awarded to Mr. H. W. Newton, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for his work on the sun, notably on the relation between solar flares and magnetic storms.
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Announcements. Nature 157, 73 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157073d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157073d0