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Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva. He is co-laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz, and the winner of the 2010 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize and the 201…

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science · Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics · university teacher · astrophysicist · astronomer · physicist · researcher · also Michel Mayor, Michel G. E. Mayor, Michel Gustave Mayor, Michel Gustave E. Mayor, M. G. E. Mayor, M. G. Mayor

Born 12 January 1942 · Q123975

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2019).
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2024· 1 entry

Apr 22, 2024Documented record69% confidence

WeLiveSecurity: How technology drives progress: Q&A with Nobel laureate Michel Mayor

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2019· 2 entries

Dec 10, 2019Documented record85% confidence

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

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Jun 15, 2019Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2019).

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2018· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2018Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (2018).

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2017· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2017Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2017).

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Jun 15, 2017Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (2017).

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2015· 4 entries

Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2015).

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Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Won Tycho Brahe Medal (2015).

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Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015).

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2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

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2014· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2014Documented record84% confidence

Awarded honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University (2014).

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2013· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2013).

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Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Nature's 10 (2013).

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2011· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2011Documented record84% confidence

Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2011).

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2010· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2010Documented record84% confidence

Won Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2010).

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Jun 15, 2010Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize (2010).

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2009· 1 entry

2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Mayor and his team discovered the lightest exoplanet ever detected around a main sequence star: Gliese 581e

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2008· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2008Documented record84% confidence

Awarded honorary doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University (2008).

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2007· 2 entries

2007Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

But remains active as a researcher at the Observatory of Geneva

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2007Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Mayor was one of 11 European scientists who discovered Gliese 581c, the first extrasolar planet in a star's habitable zone, from the ESO telescope

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2005· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2005Documented record84% confidence

Awarded The Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2005).

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2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, along with American astrophysicist Geoffrey Marcy

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2004· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2004Documented record84% confidence

Won Albert Einstein Medal (2004).

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Jun 15, 2004Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2004).

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2000· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2000Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Balzan Prize (2000).

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1998· 4 entries

Jun 15, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Prix Jules Janssen (1998).

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Jun 15, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Marcel Benoist Prize (1998).

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Jan 1, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: director (1998–2004).

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1998Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Mayor was awarded the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize in recognition of his work and its significance for human life

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1995· 1 entry

1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star, 51 Pegasi

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1988· 1 entry

1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The university named him a full professor, a position he held until his retirement in 2007

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1967· 1 entry

1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

To show the feasibility of photoelectric measurements of radial velocities, Mayor worked with André Baranne at the Marseille Observatory to develop CORAVEL, a photoelectric spectrometer capable of highly accurate radial

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1942· 1 entry

Jan 12, 1942Documented record86% confidence

Born 1942-01-12.

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