landforms, which abound in the Western Desert of Egypt, evade erosion. Awards and honors He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including: the Golden Door Award of the International Institute of Boston; the Nevada Medal of the Desert Research Institute, and the Pioneer Award of the Arab Thought Foundation. Asteroid 7371 El-Baz, discovered by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte Bus at Palomar Observatory in 1978, was named in his honor. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 August 2019 (). Works See also Passage development (Egypt) References External links Interview with Farouk El-Baz for NOVA series: To the Moon WGBH Educational Foundation, raw footage, 1998 Farouk El-Baz Official web site Boston University Center for Remote Sensing Egyptian geologists Egyptian astronomers Planetary scientists Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni 1938 births Living people Boston University faculty Ain Shams University alumni Academic staff of Ain Shams University Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff Academic staff of Assiut University Academic staff of Heidelberg University Egyptian emigrants to the United States Free Egyptians Party politicians Recipients of the Order of Merit (Egypt) Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering People from Zagazig People from Mansoura, Egypt Fellows of the Geological Society of America Egyptian expatriates in Germany