Editing Lyman Spitzer (section)

==Honors==
'''Awards'''
* [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]] (1941) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=S&year=&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow archive| publisher=APS|access-date= 12 June 2020}}</ref>
* Member of the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] (1952)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyman Spitzer, cons_suffix |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/50196.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
* Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1953)<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter S|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterS.pdf|publisher=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=15 April 2011}}</ref>
* [[Henry Norris Russell Lectureship]] (1953)<ref name=AAS>{{cite web|title=Grants, Prizes and Awards|url=http://aas.org/grants/awards.php#russell|publisher=[[American Astronomical Society]]|access-date=24 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222143439/http://www.aas.org/grants/awards.php <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
* Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1959)<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Lyman+Spitzer&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Medal]] (1973)<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Winners of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal|url=http://astrosociety.org/membership/awards/pastbruce.html|publisher=[[Astronomical Society of the Pacific]]|access-date=24 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721092933/http://astrosociety.org/membership/awards/pastbruce.html|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Henry Draper Medal]] of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] (1974)
* [[James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics]] (1975)
* [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] (1978)<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |url=http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/268 |publisher=[[Royal Astronomical Society]] |access-date=24 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525064844/http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/268 |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref>
* [[National Medal of Science]] (1979)
* [[Franklin Medal]] (1980)
* [[Prix Jules Janssen]] of the [[Société astronomique de France]] (French Astronomical Society) (1980)
* [[Crafoord Prize]] (1985)<ref name="Crafoord Prize 1985">{{cite web | title=Lyman Spitzer Jr | website=Crafoord Prize | date=2022-08-22 | url=https://www.crafoordprize.se/prize-laureate/lyman-spitzer-jr/ | access-date=2024-02-24}}</ref>

'''Named after him'''
* [[Asteroid]] [[2160 Spitzer]]
* [[Spitzer Space Telescope]]
* Lyman Spitzer Library in [[Davenport College]], Yale University
*Lyman Spitzer Building at the [[Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]] in Princeton, NJ
* Lyman Spitzer Planetarium at the [[Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium]] in [[St. Johnsbury, VT]]
* Answer to the final question on NTN Buzztime's Showdown on September 16, 2008.
* Spitzer Building in Toledo, Ohio.
* Landau-Spitzer Award (American Physical Society) <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/landau-spitzer.cfm |title = Landau-Spitzer Award}}</ref>