The Edgar Wilson Award Recipients

Following are the recipients of the Edgar Wilson Award to date:


2024

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2023

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2022

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2021

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2020

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2019

(formally announced 2024 Sept. 30; see CBET 5451)

2018

(first formally announced on CBET 5432, dated 2024 Aug. 20)

2017

(first formally announced on CBET 5432, dated 2024 Aug. 20)

2016

(first formally announced on CBET 5432, dated 2024 Aug. 20)

2015

(apparently issued in Nov. 2018; first formally announced on CBET 5432, dated 2024 Aug. 20)

2014

(issued in 2015; announced formally on IAUC 9287, dated 2017 May 2)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999


Among the first eight years' worth of Wilson Awards (1999-2006), 17 awards went to visual discoverers of comets, 10 awards went to CCD discoverers, and one award went to a photographic discoverer of a comet. (Here, an "award" is taken to mean one full award, meaning that some teams of two people -- in cases of CCD discoveries -- represent single cash awards that are split evenly between the team members, even though each member gets their own award plaque.)

Note that in 2013 and 2014, decisions were made at SAO to circumvent the standard rules of the Wilson Award with several "special awards" for comets that were not named for their discoverers; normally special awards were expected to be given only in years where there are no amateur discoveries.