Kazimieras Černis
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Kazimieras Černis (born November 11, 1958, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist.
Biography
Černis graduated from Vilnius University in 1981. From 1981 to 1990 he worked at Lithuanian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics. Since 1996 Černis is a senior scientist at Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. [1]
Research
Černis's research interests are photometry of stars, structure of the Milky Way, Solar system, comets and asteroids. He is the leader of asteroid search project at Molėtai Astronomical Observatory. Until 2006 Černis discovered 25 new comets (Černis comets) and 125 asteroids. He has published papers on photometry of stars and did research of interstellar extinction towards the direction of galactic anticenter.[2]
References
- ^ "Kazimieras Cernis". International Astronomical Union. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- ^ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, X t. Vilnius: Science and encyclopedias publishing institute, 2006. T.10: Khmerai-Krelle.
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