Aleksander Wolszczan

Aleksander Wolszczan [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈvɔlʂt͡ʂan] (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. He is the co-discoverer of the first confirmed extrasolar planets and pulsar planets.

Aleksander Wolszczan
Aleksander Wolszczan
Born (1946-04-29) 29 April 1946
Szczecinek, Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Known forDiscovery of the first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets
AwardsPrize of the Foundation for Polish Science (1992)
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1996)
Order of Polonia Restituta (1997) Marian Smoluchowski Medal (2001)
Bohdan Paczyński Medal (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomer
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