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M. Mayor

University of Geneva ORCID

897

Works

50,424

Citations

116

h-index

422

i10-index

Research Topics

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astro and Planetary Science

Affiliations

University of Geneva2000–2025

University of Bern2005–2005

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory2004–2004

Google (United States)2011–2011

Natural History Museum2004–2004

Top Works

A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star

M. Mayor,D. Queloz

19953,921 citations

Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood

B. Nordström,M. Mayor,et al.

20041,461 citations

An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b

A. Vidal‐Madjar,A. Lecavelier des Étangs,et al.

20031,162 citations

The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood: Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14,000 F and G dwarfs

B. Nordström,M. Mayor,et al.

2004927 citations

Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars

N. C. Santos,G. Israelian,et al.

2004900 citations

A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star

David Charbonneau,Zachory K. Berta-Thompson,et al.

2009761 citations

Detection of Oxygen and Carbon in the Hydrodynamically Escaping Atmosphere of the Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b

A. Vidal‐Madjar,J.-M. Dsert,et al.

2004633 citations

Spectroscopic [Fe/H] for 98 extra-solar planet-host stars: Exploring the probability of planet formation

N. C. Santos,G. Israelian,et al.

2003602 citations

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission

Alain Léger,Daniel Rouan,et al.

2009573 citations