# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleksander-wolszczan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:23:16.285Z

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name: "Aleksander Wolszczan"
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description: "Aleksander Wolszczan is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets. He is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and works as a professor at the Pennsylvania State University."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump