Artie P. Hatzes

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Artie P. Hatzes is an American astronomer. He is a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (Thuringian State Observatory).

Artie P. Hatzes
Born
(1957-05-24) May 24, 1957 (age 66)

Havre De Grace, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology University of California, Santa Cruz
Known forDiscovering numerous extrasolar planets

Hatzes is a pioneer in the search of extrasolar planets and is working on the COROT space mission. His achievements have included discovering the extrasolar planets Pollux b, Epsilon Eridani b and the star HD 13189's planet known as HD 13189 b.