The American Astronomical Society (AAS) inaugurated its Fellows Program with a 2020 legacy class that included several LPL scientists:

• Professor Emeritus William Hubbard
• Regents' Professor George Rieke
• Robert Seaman, Senior Data Engineer
• Visiting Research Scholar Mark Giampapa
• Visiting Research Scholar Jack Harvey
• Visiting Research Scholar John Leibacher
• Visiting Research Scientist Neil Sheeley

Two LPL alumni were also named as AAS Fellows:

• Dale Cruikshank (NASA Ames Research Center)
• Faith Vilas (Planetary Science Institute)