Editing Patrick Moore (section)

==Honours and appointments==
[[File:Sir Patrick Moore (14867817772).jpg|thumb|upright|Bronze bust of Moore at the [[National Space Centre]], [[Leicester]]]]
In 1945, Moore was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society]] (FRAS), and in 1977 he was awarded the society's [[Jackson-Gwilt Medal]]. He was also a long-time Fellow of the [[British Interplanetary Society]] and a member of its Council; he was the founding editor of the Society's monthly magazine ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'', first published in 1956. He made the Sir Patrick Moore Medal to recognise outstanding contributions to the Society. In 1968, he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) and promoted to a [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|Commander]] (CBE) in 1988. In 1999, he became the Honorary President of the East Sussex Astronomical Society, a position he held until his death. Moore was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] for "services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting" in the [[2001 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092601.stm|title=Knights Batchelor etc|access-date=2 March 2009| date=30 December 2000|work=BBC News}}</ref>

In 2001, he was appointed an [[Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society]] (HonFRS) since he had been the most effective and influential writer and speaker about astronomy in the UK and for his contribution to science in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=258}}</ref> In June 2002, he was appointed as the Honorary Vice-president of the [[Society for the History of Astronomy]]. Also in 2002, [[Buzz Aldrin]] presented him with a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) award for services to television.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=72}}</ref> He was patron of [[Torquay Boys' Grammar School]] in south Devon. Moore had a long association with the [[University of Leicester]] and its Department of Physics and Astronomy and was awarded an Honorary [[Doctor of Science]] (HonDSc) degree in 1996 and a Distinguished Honorary Fellowship in 2008, the highest award that the university can bestow.<ref name=bull1>{{cite web|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/staff/community/people/bereavements/2012/december/sir-patrick-moore|title=Patrick Moore|year=2012|publisher=Leicester University|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226132321/http://www2.le.ac.uk/staff/community/people/bereavements/2012/december/sir-patrick-moore|archive-date=26 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>