Mayor & Queloz: a planet around a Sun-like star

What is recorded here?

Inferred a close-orbiting planetary companion to 51 Pegasi from periodic changes in the star’s radial velocity.

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Scientific scope

The scope is a planet around a solar-type star, not the first planet detected around any kind of star. Observations used ELODIE in France.

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People and systems

Michel Mayor; Didier Queloz

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Research locations and affiliations

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Documented countries / regions: Switzerland, France

Both authors: Geneva Observatory, Switzerland. The original paper identifies ELODIE observations at Haute-Provence Observatory, France.

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