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    Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and...
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    light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Announced in 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, 70 Virginis was one of the first stars confirmed...
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  • documentary filmmaker, war reporter and journalist Geoffrey Marcy (born 1954), American astronomer Oliver Marcy (1820–1899), professor and administrator at Northwestern...
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  • system in Libra in 2029. On 13 February 2015, scientists (including Geoffrey Marcy, Seth Shostak, Frank Drake, David Grinspoon and David Brin) at a convention...
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    San Francisco State University, completing his Master's thesis with Geoffrey Marcy. During this time, he began work on the design of a very sensitive spectrograph...
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    September 2022. Sanders, Robert (1 September 2005). "Planet hunter Geoffrey Marcy shares $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy". University of California...
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    it was unofficially dubbed "Bellerophon" /bɛˈlɛrəfɒn/ by astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, who followed the convention of naming planets after Greek and Roman...
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  • South Wales, Australia. On 13 February 2015, scientists (including Geoffrey Marcy, Seth Shostak, Frank Drake and David Brin) at a convention of the American...
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    exoplanet (47 UMa b) was announced in orbit around 47 Ursae Majoris by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler. The discovery was made by observing the Doppler...
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  • since 1978. 55 Cancri f, with coauthors Debra Fischer, Paul Butler, Geoffrey Marcy (Vogt's first graduate student ), et al., published by Science Daily...
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  • 2000 Charles R. Alcock — search for massive compact halo objects 2002 Geoffrey Marcy, R. Paul Butler, Steven S. Vogt — ultra-high-resolution Doppler spectroscopy;...
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    and physicist Galileo Galilei. 55 Cancri b was discovered in 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler. It was the fourth known extrasolar planet, excluding...
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    "star". Awohali was discovered in August 2004 by R. Paul Butler and Geoffrey Marcy of the Carnegie Institute of Washington and University of California...
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    was invoked by The Guardian in its coverage of American astronomer Geoffrey Marcy's resignation from his professorship at UC Berkeley, following its finding...
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    radiation was serendipitously discovered" and in 2001 to R. Paul Butler and Geoffrey Marcy "for their pioneering investigations of planets orbiting other stars...
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    Andromedae A, approximately every five days. Discovered in June 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, it was one of the first hot Jupiters to be discovered...
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  • started as the San Francisco State University Planet Search in 1987 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, using the Lick Observatory. The founding team was...
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  • 1954 – Harry E. Johnson, American lawyer and public servant 1954 – Geoffrey Marcy, American astronomer 1954 – Cindy Morgan, American actress (d. 2023)...
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    83 AU (124 million km; 77 million mi). Its discovery in April 1999 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler made this the first multiple-planet system to be...
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  • Astronomy Institutions Pennsylvania State University Thesis Stellar Magnetic Activity and the Detection of Exoplanets  (2006) Doctoral advisor Geoffrey Marcy...
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  • Astronomy Michael Manga – Professor of Earth and Planetary Science Geoffrey Marcy – Professor of Astronomy, discoverer of many extrasolar planets, winner...
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    received the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, along with American astrophysicist Geoffrey Marcy. Mayor was made a knight of the French Legion d'Honneur in 2004. In...
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  • of California, Irvine; influential for her studies on human memory Geoffrey Marcy – astronomer; professor of physics and astronomy, University of California...
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  • Debra Elmegreen; Joshua Frieman; Martha Haynes; Mordecai-Mark Mac Low; Geoffrey Marcy; Richard Matzner; Paula Szkody; Paul Vanden Bout (2013-03-08). Report...
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    Its discovery was announced in February 2014 by American astronomer Geoffrey Marcy and his team. In July 2014, its radius was determined with a mere 1...
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  • discovery of iron-based superconductors." Tokyo Institute of Technology Geoffrey Marcy (born 1954)  United States "for their discoveries of extrasolar planets...
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    with a mean distance of 3.4 AU from the star. Observers, including Geoffrey Marcy, suggested that more information on the star's Doppler noise behaviour...
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    Leslie Hebb, Evan N. Kirby, Andrew W. Howard, Howard T. Isaacson, Geoffrey W. Marcy, David Levitan, Tanio Diaz-Santos, Lee Armus, James P. Lloyd, « Characterizing...
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  • optical SETI program at Breakthrough Listen was initially directed by Geoffrey Marcy, an extrasolar planet hunter, and it involves examination of records...
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    administrators. In particular, he presided over decisions to punish astronomer Geoffrey Marcy and then-incumbent Boalt Hall dean Sujit Choudhry. Dirks was also the...
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