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Didier Queloz

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Didier Queloz

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Also known as Didier P. Queloz, Didier P Queloz, D. P. Queloz, D P Queloz, D. Queloz, D Queloz, Queloz, Queloz D

Swiss astronomer

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Didier Queloz is a male singer-songwriter from France. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Physics collection. He has been referenced by 407 other encyclopedia articles.

Born on February 23, 1966, he is associated with the Commons category "Didier Queloz." He has a count of one Nobel Prize. His works count is five according to Crossref, while Open Library lists a work count of zero for the author name Didier Queloz.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2019

    “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Patrick
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Geneva
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
University of Geneva
Employer
ETH Zurich
Languages spoken
French
Doctoral advisor
Michel Mayor
Field of work
astronomy
Image
Didier Queloz, 2012 (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1966-02-23
interested in
astronomy
Commons category
Didier Queloz
birth name
Didier Patrick Queloz
name in native language
Didier Queloz
member of
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Didier Patrick Queloz FRS ( French pronunciation: [didje kəlo, kelo]; born 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor of physics at ETH Zurich. 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 Mayor and Jim Peebles. In 2022, he is the founding director of the Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich.

Early life and education

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