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For her contributions to astrophysical science and the development of astrospectroscopy, initiation of exoplanet research in Lithuania, dissemination of knowledge on the understanding of the Universe, and for promoting the name of Lithuania in the world, she was awarded with the Ignotas Domeika Medal and became an honorary member of the Lithuanian Ignotas Domeika Society.

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The author of the Ignotas Domeika Commemorative Medal is artist Petras Repšys.

On June 3, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences hosted an event to commemorate the legacy of Ignotas Domeika. Such events are organised annually to commemorate the date when Professor I. Domeika arrived in Chile in 1838, where he later taught chemistry, physics, geology and mining. His explorations and discoveries in the Andes subsequently brought him worldwide fame. Ignotas Domeika (1802-1889) Mineralogist, geologist, educator, ethnographer and organiser of science and education in Chile.

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