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Aleksander Wolszczan

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Polish astronomer

ScientistsBorn 1946 · age 80
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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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Awards 5

2010Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
1992Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Connected to Aleksander 6

Timothy SnyderAlso won Prize of the Foundation for Polish ScienceRobert H. DickeAlso won Beatrice M. Tinsley PrizeFrans TimmermansAlso won Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandRichard M. DaleyAlso won Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandAnna WierzbickaAlso won Prize of the Foundation for Polish ScienceGeoffrey MarcyAlso won Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize

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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
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25 languages

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