伊藤正一君が Pellas-Ryder Planetary Sciences Best Student Paper Award for 2003を受賞しました。
この賞は国際隕石学会と米国地質学会惑星科学部門が主催するもので， 受賞前年度の査読のある世界中の学術雑誌に掲載された惑星科学関連論文の中で 第一著者が学生であるものが対象です。 この賞の受賞資格は第一著者が論文投稿時点で学生であることです。

The winner of the Pellas-Ryder Planetary Sciences Best Student Paper Award for 2003 is Shoichi Itoh for his paper, “Contemporaneous formation of chondrules and refractory inclusions in the early Solar System” by Shoichi Itoh and Hisayoshi Yurimoto published in Nature 423, 728-731. The award committee found that “the paper represents a significant scientific discovery that has inspired a lot of debate. The implications are profound. And, while the authors' conclusions - that formation of chondrules and CAIs overlapped in time and space - have not been universally accepted, they are having a high impact in terms of directing future research.” The Pellas-Ryder Planetary Sciences Best Student Paper Award, which is jointly sponsored by the Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Division of Geological Society of America, is given to undergraduate or graduate students who are first authors of a planetary science paper published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The prize includes a plaque, and a cash award of $500. Topics considered for this award include asteroids, comets, craters, interplanetary dust, interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, meteorites, natural satellites, planets, tektites, origin and history of the solar system. The first author must have been a registered student at a degree awarding institution when the paper was submitted. Papers published in 2004 will be considered for the award next year. (from SUPPLEMENT TO METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE, VOL. 39, 11, The Meteoritical Society Newsletter, November 2004)