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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
AbbreviationMPS
Formation1934 (founded as the Luftwaffe test grounds in Rechlin/Mecklenburg) / July 1, 2004 (renamed to the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)
TypeResearch Institute
Location
Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon
Parent organization
Max Planck Society
AffiliationsMax Planck Institute for Solar System Research / Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Staff
320
Websitewww.mps.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (abbreviation: MPS; German: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung) is a research institute in astronomy and astrophysics located in Göttingen, Germany, where it relocated in February 2014 from the nearby village of Lindau.[1][2] The exploration of the Solar System is the central theme for research done at this institute.

New Institute building in Göttingen, built in 2013 and occupied in 2014

MPS is a part of the Max Planck Society, which operates 80 research facilities in Germany.

  1. ^ 'Neubau' Archived 2015-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German) on institute website, viewed 2014-07-09
  2. ^ Booklet about the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-05.

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