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Debra Fischer

1951 - Today

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Debra Ann Fischer (born 1953) is an American astronomer and professor emerita at Yale University. She is known for her work in the discovery and characterization of exoplanets using the radial velocity method. Fischer has been involved in the detection of hundreds of exoplanets and has contributed to the development of high-precision spectrographs used in exoplanet research. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Debra Fischer is the 596th most popular astronomer (down from 594th in 2019). (up from 4,771st in 2019)

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Among astronomers, Debra Fischer ranks 596 out of 644. Before her are Alan Hale, Jana Tichá, Christian Pollas, Matthew J. Holman, Gary Hug, and Lenka Kotková. After her are Arnold Wolfendale, David J. Tholen, Wendy Freedman, Fernand Rigaux, Merieme Chadid, and Chad Trujillo.

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Among people born in 1951, Debra Fischer ranks 656. Before her are Françoise Nyssen, Azimzhan Askarov, Mike Bantom, Alan Minter, Rubén Cano, and Jean-Pierre Bel. After her are Khattiya Sawasdipol, George Karl, Jane Barkman, Arsène Auguste, Kinzang Dorji, and Robert Wuhl.

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