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− | [[1995]] – [[Star]] "51 Pegasi" is discovered by [[Human]]s to be the first major star, apart from [[Sol|their Sun]], to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it. The [[planet]] in question is roughly 160 times the mass of [[Earth]]. <br> | + | [[1903]] – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, is born. |
+ | :* He, alongside [[May 27|John Cockcroft]], won the Nobel Prize in [[1951]] for [[Nuclear Fission|splitting the atom]]. | ||
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+ | [[1995]] – [[Star]] "51 Pegasi" is discovered by [[Human]]s to be the first major star, apart from [[Sol|their Sun]], to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it. | ||
+ | :* The [[planet]] in question is roughly 160 times the mass of [[Earth]]. <br> | ||
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Revision as of 15:38, 6 July 2023
1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, is born.
- He, alongside John Cockcroft, won the Nobel Prize in 1951 for splitting the atom.
1995 – Star "51 Pegasi" is discovered by Humans to be the first major star, apart from their Sun, to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.