Didier Queloz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Switzerland

Profession: astronomer, astrophysicist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Didier Queloz

  • Didier Patrick Queloz (French pronunciation: ?[didje k?lo, kelo]; born on 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer.
  • He is a professor at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor at the University of Geneva.
  • Together with Michel Mayor in 1995, he discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star, 51 Pegasi.
  • For this discovery, he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Peebles and Michel Mayor.
  • He also recently said that humans will be able to find alien life in the next 30 years

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