Discovery of 51 Pegasi b
Announces the first confirmed exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star with Didier Queloz.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Michel Mayor Biography and Timeline
Follow Michel Mayor through 6 dated historical records for Switzerland.
Michel Mayor, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1995–2019Years on this page
1995
2006
HD 69830 Three-Planet System
Contributes to discovery of the three-planet HD 69830 system.
2007
Discovery of Gliese 581 c
Contributes to the discovery of super-Earth Gliese 581 c.
2008
HD 40307 Super-Earth System
Leads a team reporting three low-mass planets orbiting HD 40307.
2009
Discovery of Gliese 581 e
Leads the team reporting low-mass planet Gliese 581 e.
2019
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.
Records, sources and methodology
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