Michel MayorOctober 1995
Announces the first confirmed exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star with Didier Queloz.
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Announces the first confirmed exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star with Didier Queloz.
Co-discovers 51 Pegasi b through precise radial-velocity measurements.
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