Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Didier Queloz Biography and Timeline

Follow Didier Queloz through 3 dated historical records for Switzerland.

Didier Queloz, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1995–2019Years on this page

1995

Discovery of 51 Pegasi b

Astronomer · Geneva · Science / Astronomy

Co-discovers 51 Pegasi b through precise radial-velocity measurements.

2009

Mass of CoRoT-7 b

Astronomer · Geneva · Science / Astronomy

Leads radial-velocity work measuring the mass of CoRoT-7 b.

2019

Nobel Prize

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

Records, sources and methodology

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