Michel Gustave Edouard Mayor (born 12 January 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. Together with Didier Queloz, he discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet found orbiting a sun-like star, and they shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jim Peebles for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.
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Michel Gustave Edouard Mayor (born 12 January 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy.
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Michel Gustave Edouard Mayor (1942-01-12) 12 January 1942 (age 84) Lausanne, Switzerland
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Michel Gustave Edouard Mayor (1942-01-12) 12 January 1942 (age 84) Lausanne, Switzerland
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He is co-laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz
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Peebles was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. He shared the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star.
Associated With: Didier Queloz, Lead section, 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics co-laureates
Peebles was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. He shared the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star.
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