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Dimitar D. Sasselov

Dimitar D. Sasselov was born 1961 year in Sofia, but was graduate a school in Nessebar and english language school Bourgas. he develop his education at Sofia University. He worked at BAS and the Rozhen Observatory.

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Even as a student in 1980, his study of astronomy was published in international scientific journal, prompting an invitation from the World Astronomical Association in the University of Toronto, Canada In 1990, where he earned his doctorate in astronomy. In 1998 has invited a professor at Harvard.

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Dimitar Sasselov deals with studies on the relationship between matter and radiation. His research interests range from the evolution of hydrogen and helium in the early universe during the construction of the stars, pulsars and to the determination of distances to other galaxies.

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Prof.Saselov and his collaborators developed the method of transit demand by him in 2003 they discovered the most distant planet yet OGLE-TR-56b in the constellation Sagittarius. Late they have found 706 "candidates" -- some of which further research may prove to be planets with Earth-like geochemical characteristics.

OGLE-TR-56b in the constellation Sagittarius

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Prof. Saselov presentation here: http://www.ted.com/talks/dimitar_sasse

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Transit searches offer greater efficiency, enabling astronomers to examine many more stars in a short period of time.

It also opens the door for studying hundreds of thousands of new very distant stars like OGLE-TR-56, located 5,000 light-years away. Transit searches also can detect

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We are on the verge of a new era of exploration and discovery. It only happens once in the history of rational beings and we are close to him,
said Harvard astronomer and team leader Dimitar Sasselov CfA.

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Dimitar Sasselov is a member of the research team that prepared and is currently using Hubble Space Telescope "Kepler". The purpose of this telescope is to look for planets outside the solar system. We are very proud with our famous astronomer!

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Thank you for your attantion! PG po KTS, Pravets, Bulgaria