Discovery of 51 Pegasi b
Co-discovers 51 Pegasi b through precise radial-velocity measurements.
Follow Didier Queloz through 3 dated historical records for Switzerland.
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Co-discovers 51 Pegasi b through precise radial-velocity measurements.
Leads radial-velocity work measuring the mass of CoRoT-7 b.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.
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