- Geoffrey Marcy
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name = Geoffrey Marcy
birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|9|29|mf=y
nationality=American
field =Astronomy
alma_mater =University of California, Los Angeles ,University of California, Santa Cruz
work_institution =Center for Integrative Planetary Science
known_for = Discovering numerous extrasolar planets
prizes =Shaw Prize (2005)Geoffrey W. Marcy (born
September 29 ,1954 ) is famous for discovering moreextrasolar planet s than anyone else, 70 out of the first 100 to be discovered, along withR. Paul Butler andDebra Fischer . He also confirmedMichel Mayor andDidier Queloz 's discovery of the first extrasolar planet51 Pegasi b . Other achievements have included discovering the first multiple planet system around a star similar to our own (Upsilon Andromedae ), the first transiting planet around another star (HD209458b ), the first extrasolar planet orbiting beyond 5 AU (55 Cancri d ), and the first Neptune-sized planets (Gliese 436b and55 Cancri e ).Marcy and
Michel Mayor received the $1 millionShaw Prize in astronomy in 2005 for their work.Background
Marcy received a Bachelor of Arts double major in physics and astronomy at
UCLA and graduatedSumma Cum Laude in 1976. He then went on to theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz for a PhD in Astrophysics, which he received in 1982.He has held teaching positions, first at the
Carnegie Institution of Washington as a Carnegie Fellow from 1982 to 1984, then as an associate professor of physics and astronomy from 1984 to 1996, and as a Distinguished University Professor from 1997 to 1999, both atSan Francisco State University . Today he is an adjunct professor atSan Francisco State University and a Professor of Astronomy atUC Berkeley . On October 28, 2006 he received an honorary doctorate in science from theUniversity of Delaware .Marcy lives with his wife Susan Kegley in
California .ee also
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R. Paul Butler
*Debra Fischer
*List of stars with confirmed planets External links
* [http://astron.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/cv.html Background on Geoff Marcy]
* [http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/Autobiography_marcy.pdf Autobiography]Persondata
NAME= Marcy, Geoffrey
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH=September 29 ,1954
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