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Kazimierz Kordylewski

1903 - 1981

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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. He studied at University of Poznań and Jagiellonian University, and earned a PhD degree in 1932. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazimierz Kordylewski has received more than 19,846 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazimierz Kordylewski is the 571st most popular astronomer, the 1,262nd most popular biography from Poland and the 14th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 571 out of 644. Before him are David L. Rabinowitz, Kazuro Watanabe, Peter Goldreich, Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, and Merieme Chadid. After him are A. E. Douglass, Margaret Harwood, Christian Pollas, Kin Endate, Kenzo Suzuki, and Mary Watson Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 349. Before him are Bob Skelton, Harold Whitlock, Santiago Benítez, Josephine Hutchinson, Jimmy Ball, and Tadeusz Friedrich. After him are Vera Stroyeva, Big Joe Williams, Luis Izzeta, Edgar Buchanan, DeHart Hubbard, and José Miracca. Among people deceased in 1981, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 272. Before him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Louis Kuehn, Sam Jones, Pierre Korb, Harry Chapin, and Yip Harburg. After him are Yefim Dzigan, Leopold Wohlrab, Vittorio Tamagnini, Charles Barton, Mauri Rose, and Ivan Udodov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 1,262 out of 1,694. Before him are Abel Korzeniowski (1972), Tomasz Wójtowicz (1953), Hubert Hurkacz (1997), Jan Kowalczyk (1941), Agnieszka Radwańska (1989), and Tadeusz Friedrich (1903). After him are Andrzej Fischer (1952), Anita Włodarczyk (1985), Ryszard Parulski (1938), Jerzy Klempel (1953), Aleksy Antkiewicz (1923), and Maciej Płażyński (1958).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 14. Before him are Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Hugo von Seeliger (1849), and Adalbert Krueger (1832).

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