Honors
Awards
- Lalande Prize of the French Academy (1906, with William Hussey)
- Bruce Medal (1926)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1932)
- Honorary Sc.D. from College of the Pacific, Williams College, University of Arizona, and an honorary LL.D. from the University of California
Named after him
- Asteroid 3070 Aitken
- Aitken on the Moon, part of the very large South Pole-Aitken basin
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