Tsevi Mazeh

Tsevi Mazeh, born in 1946 in Jerusalem is an Israeli astrophysicist, professor of astrophysics at Tel Aviv University.[1]

Biography

He serves as president of the Institute of Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. He works particularly in the field of exoplanet research. He is known, among other things, for being a co-discoverer of HD 114762 b, the first substellar mass object (the status of a planet or brown dwarf remains uncertain) known outside the Solar System.

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