Allan Rex Sandage (Born June 18, 1926) is an American astronomer. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

He won the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy in 1957. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1967. He won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1972 and the Bruce Medal in 1975. The Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society for a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in astronomical research. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...