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Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl majɔʁ]; born 12 January 1942) 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.
Michel Mayor. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019. Born: 12 January 1942, Lausanne, Switzerland. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” Prize share: 1/4. Michel Mayor was born in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Michel Mayor. Professeur honoraire / Emeritus Professor. S1414 +41 22 379 24 80 E-mail Website. Biography.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos" with one half to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology", the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar ...
Oct 8, 2019 · Cosmologist James Peebles and astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about the evolution of the Universe and Earth’s place in it.
Michel Mayor (born 1942, Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss astronomer who was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery with Swiss astronomer Didier Queloz of the first known extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star.
Michel Mayor delivered his Nobel Lecture on Sunday 8 December 2019, at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Mats Larsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Read the Nobel Lecture. Pdf 8,4 MB.
Oct 8, 2019 · 51 Pegasi b, also called "Dimidium," was the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star in 1995. In 2019, its discoverers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Prof. Michel Mayor Michel Mayor was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). Having obtained a master in physics at Lausanne University, he moved to astrophysics and get interested in the dynamics of spiral galaxies. The PhD of Michel Mayor was devoted to the search of evidence of spiral structure in the Milky
Michel 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.
