Michel Mayor

E198070
Swiss scientist astrophysicist human

Michel Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist renowned for co-discovering the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star, a breakthrough that revolutionized the field of planetary science.

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Michel Mayor canonical 7

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instanceOf Swiss scientist ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form: 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

Albert Einstein Medal ⓘ
Balzan Prize ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Prix Jules Janssen ⓘ
surface form: Jules Janssen Prize

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ
Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize ⓘ
surface form: Viktor Ambartsumian Prize

Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ
birthDate 1942-01-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Lausanne ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
coDiscovererWith Didier Queloz ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
discovered 51 Pegasi b ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor André Baranne NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University of Geneva ⓘ
University of Lausanne ⓘ
employer University of Geneva ⓘ
familyName Mayor ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
exoplanet research ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Michel ⓘ
hasAcademicRank professor ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.unige.ch/sciences/astro/en/groups/exoplanets/michel-mayor/ ⓘ
knownFor co-discovery of exoplanet 51 Pegasi b ⓘ
first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star ⓘ
precision radial-velocity measurements ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
memberOf European Academy of Sciences and Arts ⓘ
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Michel Mayor self-link ⓘ
notableWork development of ELODIE spectrograph ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
positionHeld professor at University of Geneva ⓘ
researchInterest extrasolar planets ⓘ
radial velocity method ⓘ
stellar kinematics ⓘ
workplace University of Geneva Observatory ⓘ

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Albert Einstein Medal → hasRecipient → Michel Mayor ⓘ
James Peebles → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Michel Mayor ⓘ
Michel Mayor → name → Michel Mayor self-link ⓘ
Didier Queloz → coDiscoveredWith → Michel Mayor ⓘ
Didier Queloz → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Michel Mayor ⓘ
Didier Queloz → doctoralAdvisor → Michel Mayor ⓘ
Gliese 581c → discoveredBy → Michel Mayor ⓘ