1. Ouyang Ziyuan is a Chinese cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate.
11 Facts About Ouyang Ziyuan
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Ouyang Ziyuan is a research professor at the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Ouyang Ziyuan obtained a degree in geology at the Beijing College of Geology and a doctorate in mineral deposits and geochemistry at the Beijing Institute of Geology.
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Thereafter, Ouyang spent many years conducting studies in deep mines.
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Ouyang Ziyuan later studied nuclear physics and worked in a particle accelerator laboratory.
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Ouyang Ziyuan later put forward a hypothesis on the formation of iron meteorites, an evolutionary model of the formation of the meteorites which fell at Jilin in 1976, and a theory of multi-stage cosmic ray radiation history.
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Ouyang Ziyuan's works include Celestial Chemistry, and he has published more than 160 scientific treatises.
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Ouyang Ziyuan was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.
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Ouyang Ziyuan is the chief scientist of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, known as the Chang'e program.
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Ouyang Ziyuan is the most prominent supporter of the Chinese crewed lunar exploration program, and lobbies for the Chinese exploration of Mars.
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On November 12,2008, upon China's publication of a comprehensive lunar surface map, Ouyang Ziyuan encouraged all three Asian nations then involved in lunar exploration to increase co-operation in furthering humanity's understanding of the Moon.