Michel Mayor

Awards

1. 2005

   Shaw Prize — Astronomy

   Physics

   For finding and characterizing the orbits and masses of the first planets around other stars, thereby revolutionizing our understanding of the processes that form planets and planetary systems.

2. 2015

   Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences

   Physics

   Outstanding Contributions in Evolving a New Vision of the Universe through the Discovery of Extrasolar Planet

3. 2017

   Wolf Prize — Physics

   Physics

   for the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

4. 2019

   Nobel Prize — Physics

   Physics

   for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star