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Marta Burgay

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Marta Burgay (30 November 1976, Torino) is an Italian radio astronomer whose initial claim to fame was being the discoverer[1][2][3] of PSR J0737-3039, the first double pulsar (two pulsars orbiting each other), through using the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in Australia.[4]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters, CSIRO, 3 December 2003, accessed 2009-05-11
  2. ^ New Binary Neutron Star Will Test Einstein Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, Robert Naeye, Sky and Telescope, 2003.12.12, accessed 2009-05-11
  3. ^ Einstein Passes New Tests, Robert Naeye, Sky and Telescope, 3 March 2005, accessed 2009-05-11
  4. ^ a b "198634 Burgaymarta (2005 AN54)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ Burgay, Marta, "Marta Burgay PhD Thesis", The Cagliari Pulsar Group, Cagliari Astronomical Observatory, archived from the original on 2013-09-27, retrieved 2012-01-03
  6. ^ Fridman, Alexia M. (2005), "The IUPAP young scientists prize in astrophysics", Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions, 24 (3), Commission 19 (Astrophysics) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics: 149, Bibcode:2005A&AT...24..149F, doi:10.1080/10556790500481042, retrieved 2012-01-03
  7. ^ "Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal". Astronomical Society of India. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  8. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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