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Paul Kalas | |
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 Paul Kalas in 2015, Cerro Pachón, Chile | |
| Born | August 13, 1967 New York City, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaiʻi University of Michigan |
| Known for | Exoplanet Research Fomalhaut, Fomalhaut b |
| Awards | Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | David Jewitt |
Paul Kalas (born August 13, 1967) is a Greek American astronomer known for his discoveries of debris disks around stars. Kalas led a team of scientists to obtain the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet with orbital motion around the star Fomalhaut, at a distance of 25 light years from Earth.[1] [2] The planet is referred to as Fomalhaut b.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (November 14, 2008). "First Pictures Taken of Extrasolar Planets". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
- ^ Kalas, Paul; et al. (2008). "Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth". Science. 322 (5906): 1345–1348. arXiv:0811.1994. Bibcode:2008Sci...322.1345K. doi:10.1126/science.1166609. PMID 19008414. S2CID 10054103.