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Michaël Gillon is a Belgian astronomer at the University of Liège who led the research team that discovered seven Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, announced in February 2017. The discovery was made using the TRAPPIST telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile, sup...
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Widely acclaimed observational astronomer responsible for TRAPPIST-1, one of the era's most scientifically productive exoplanet discoveries.
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David Charbonneau is a modern Canadian astronomer specializing in the study of exoplanets. His research focuses on detecting and characterizing planetary atmospheres using the transit method – observing slight dips in starlight as planets pass between us and their stars. He achieved significant reco...
Jeremiah Horrocks was an English astronomer and clergyman whose work improved understanding of planetary motion in the early seventeenth century. Using calculations based on Johannes Kepler's astronomy, he predicted the transit of Venus that occurred in 1639 and observed it by projecting the Sun's i...
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