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First Observed Exoplanet Transit

Name: First Observed Exoplanet Transit – Canada factsheet records
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Canada · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1999

David CharbonneauNovember 1999

Cambridge Massachusetts · Science / Astronomy

Leads observations detecting HD 209458 b crossing the face of its star.

Names involved

David Charbonneau

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