Michel Mayor
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 82 |
| Date of birth | January 12,1942 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Lausanne |
| Switzerland | |
| Field | Astrophysics |
| Discovered | 51 Pegasi b |
| HD 189733 b | |
| WASP-17b | |
| HD 209458 b | |
| Gliese 581c | |
| Gliese 667 Cc | |
| Books | New Worlds in the Cosmos: The Discovery of Exoplanets |
| Known for | 51 Pegasi |
| Doctor student | Didier Queloz |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Wolf Prize in Physics | |
| Albert Einstein Medal | |
| Education | University of Lausanne |
| University of Geneva | |
| UNIL - Université de Lausanne | |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Notable student | Didier P. Queloz |
| Christophe Lovis | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 705356 |
Michel Mayor Life story
Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva.
Physics Nobel Prize rewards science on a 'tiny timescale'
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Physics Nobel rewards science at the smallest scales
... 2020 - Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the prize for their 2019 - James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz shared the prize for 2018 - Donna Strickland, Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou were awarded the prize for their 2017 - Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish earned the award 2016 - David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz shared the award for 2015 - were awarded the prize the discovery that neutrinos ...
Nobel physics prize: 'ground-breaking' win, for the planet, and Big Bang
... James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced this year s winners at an event in Stockholm...
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