Nationality American Name Artie Hatzes | Role Astronomer | |
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Alma mater California Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California at Santa Cruz Known for Discovering numerous extrasolar planets Education California Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Cruz | ||
Artie P. Hatzes (born May 24, 1957) is an American astronomer. He is a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (Thuringian State Observatory).
Hatzes is a pioneer in the search of extrasolar planets and is working on the COROT space mission. His achievements have included discovering the extrasolar planets Pollux b, Epsilon Eridani b and HD 13189 companion.
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