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    Aleksander Wolszczan [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈvɔlʂt͡ʂan] (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets...
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    smallest exoplanet". PhysicsWeb. Retrieved 20 July 2012. Konacki, M.; Wolszczan, A. (2003). "Masses and Orbital Inclinations of Planets in the PSR B1257+12...
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    for every star in the Milky Way. In early 1992, radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two planets orbiting the...
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    first extrasolar planets to be discovered (in 1992 by Dale Frail and Aleksander Wolszczan) were the pulsar planets around PSR B1257+12. The discovery demonstrated...
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    Vetulani, pharmacologist and neuroscientist Jan Woleński, philosopher Aleksander Wolszczan, astronomer Bernard Zabłocki, microbiologist and immunologist Stanisław...
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    biology. Past winners have included Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann, Aleksander Wolszczan, Hilary Koprowski, Peter T. Wolczanski, Wacław Szybalski, Zbyszek...
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    (1927–2018), German sprinter, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics Aleksander Wolszczan (born 1946), Polish astronomer, co-discovered the first extrasolar...
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  • Star Names. PSR B1257+12 was discovered by the Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan on 9 February 1990 using the Arecibo radio telescope. It is a millisecond...
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    in history: 4769 Castalia. The following year, Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan made the discovery of pulsar PSR B1257+12, which later led him to...
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    and ice or mostly gas. The first super-Earths were discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail around the pulsar PSR B1257+12 in 1992. The two outer...
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    List of exoplanets discovered before 2000 - SPR B1257+12 d Konacki, M.; Wolszczan, A. (2003). "Masses and Orbital Inclinations of Planets in the PSR B1257+12...
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    existence to be confirmed. On 9 January 1992, radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two planets orbiting the...
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    developing the Brzozowski derivative and Brzozowski's algorithm. Aleksander Wolszczan, Polish astronomer who, in 1992, co-discovered the first ever extrasolar...
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    of exoplanets discovered before 2000 - PSR B1257+12 B c Konacki, M.; Wolszczan, A. (2003). "Masses and Orbital Inclinations of Planets in the PSR B1257+12...
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  • 1992 First confirmed observation of an exoplanet. Canada Poland Aleksander Wolszczan & Dale Frail 8 February 1992 First polar orbit around the Sun. First...
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    no general scheme for glitch forecast is known to date. In 1992, Aleksander Wolszczan discovered the first extrasolar planets around PSR B1257+12. This...
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    faculty Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), scientist and writer Aleksander Wolszczan, (born 1946), astronomer, discoverer of the first extra-solar planet...
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    part of Germany, the German name of this suburb was Stettin-Torney. Aleksander Wolszczan attended a school in Turzyn(VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące). Encyklopedia...
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  • the quantized conductance in a two-dimensional electron gas. 1992: Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail observe the first pulsar planets (this was the first...
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  • Gustav Witt (Germany, 1866–1946) Maximilian Wolf (Germany, 1863–1932) Aleksander Wolszczan (Poland, 1946–) Edith Jones Woodward (United States), (1914–2002)...
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    composer Bodo Tümmler (born 1943), German middle-distance runner Aleksander Wolszczan (born 1946), astronomer Bogusław Linda (born 1952), actor Michał...
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  • terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, by radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail working in the United States. January 15 – The Socialist...
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  • first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR...
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  • chair of the physics department at Stanford University in California Aleksander Wolszczan (born 1946), astronomer, discoverer of the first extrasolar planets...
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  • Wierzbicka, Maciej Gliwicz, Ryszard Gryglewski, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Aleksander Wolszczan, Andrzej Udalski, Tomasz Dietl, Andrzej Sobolewski, and Karol Modzelewski...
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  • terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12 by radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail working in the United States. August 30 – Discovery...
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    pulsars due to the high intensity of ambient radiation. In 1992, Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail used this method to discover planets around the pulsar...
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    discovery of planetary mass companions around PSR B1257+12 in 1990 by Aleksander Wolszczan, data for PSR B1937+21 and other pulsars[when?] were analyzed for...
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  • Numerical Recipes; member of the National Academy of Sciences (2003) Aleksander Wolszczan (Professor) — discoverer of first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets...
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  • — neutrino detectors; first measurement of solar neutrinos 1996 Aleksander Wolszczan — first pulsar planet 1998 Robert E. Williams — astronomical spectroscopy...
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