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HD 69830 Three-Planet System

Switzerland · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
2006Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

2006

Christophe Lovis2006

Geneva · Science / Astronomy

Leads discovery of three Neptune-mass planets orbiting HD 69830.

Michel Mayor2006

Geneva · Science / Astronomy

Contributes to discovery of the three-planet HD 69830 system.

Names involved

Christophe LovisMichel Mayor

Provenance

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