Kazimierz Kordylewski

Kazimierz Kordylewski
Kordylewski in 1964
Born	(1903-10-11)11 October 1903 Poznań, German Empire
Died	11 March 1981(1981-03-11) (aged 77) Kraków, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	University of Poznań Jagiellonian University
Known for	Discovery of the Kordylewski clouds
Spouse	Jadwiga Pajakówna
Children	4
Awards	Order of Polonia Restituta (1979)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomer

Kazimierz Kordylewski (born 11 October 1903 in Poznań – 11 March 1981 in Kraków, Poland) was a Polish astronomer.

In 1956, he claimed the discovery of the Kordylewski clouds, large transient concentrations of dust at the Trojan points of the Earth–Moon system, which were reported to have been confirmed to exist in October 2018.^[1][2][3]

He studied at University of Poznań and Jagiellonian University, and earned a PhD degree in 1932.^[4]

See also

• List of Polish astronomers
• Timeline of Polish science and technology

References

1. Royal Astronomical Society (26 October 2018). "Earth's dust cloud satellites confirmed". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. Slíz-Balogh, Judit; Barta, András; Horváth, Gábor (11 November 2018). "Celestial mechanics and polarization optics of the Kordylewski dust cloud in the Earth–Moon Lagrange point L5 – I. Three-dimensional celestial mechanical modelling of dust cloud formation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480 (4): 5550–5559. arXiv:1910.07466. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2049.
3. Slíz-Balogh, Judit; Barta, András; Horváth, Gábor (1 January 2019). "Celestial mechanics and polarization optics of the Kordylewski dust cloud in the Earth–Moon Lagrange point L5 – Part II. Imaging polarimetric observation: new evidence for the existence of Kordylewski dust cloud". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482 (1): 762–770. arXiv:1910.07471. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2630.
4. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

External links

• A page about Kazimierz Kordylewski. Archived on 26 January 2005.