Dale Frail

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Dale A. Frail is a Canadian astronomer. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1989. His specialization is in radio astronomy. In addition to searching for planetary bodies outside of our solar system, he also studies gamma ray bursters.

In early 1992 while working for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Frail and Polish astronomer Alexander Wolszczan, announced their discovery of the existence of two planets and a possible third around the pulsar PSR 1257+12. Their discovery was confirmed in mid-1992. In addition to being the first confirmed discovery of pulsar planets orbiting a pulsar, the find is also generally considered the first confirmed discovery of exoplanets of any kind.

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