Michel Mayor, Discoverer of the First Extrasolar World

from Planetary Radio · host Mat Kaplan

Michel Mayor and his team rocked the astronomy world with their 1995 announcement, but this modest man says it was a discovery whose time had come. Emily Lakdawalla returns to mysterious dwarf planet Ceres. Seen the latest Blue Origin launch and landing? Bill Nye has. Which acronym for Laika the space dog’s name will be best in show? Related links are here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2016/0404-michel-mayor.html

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