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Kazimierz Kordylewski

1903 - 1981

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Kazimierz Kordylewski (born 11 October 1903 – 11 March 1981) was a Polish astronomer. He is known for his discovery of the Kordylewski clouds, two clouds of dust concentrated at the Moon's L4 and L5 Lagrange points. Kazimierz Kordylewski was born on 11 October 1903 in Poznań to Francizska and Władysław Kordylewski. He attended Saint Mary Magdelene High School, where he graduated in 1922, before studying for two years at the University of Poznań. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazimierz Kordylewski is the 559th most popular astronomer (up from 571st in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,262nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 559 out of 644. Before him are Madge Adam, Irwin I. Shapiro, Seiji Ueda, Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, and Scott S. Sheppard. After him are John Dobson, Lawrence H. Aller, Carlos Torres, Kazuro Watanabe, Maura Tombelli, and Alexander Voeikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 324. Before him are Clare Boothe Luce, Olavi Paavolainen, Guy Simonds, Warren Kealoha, Helena Nordheim, and Edgar Bergen. After him are Andrei Fayt, Raymond Flacher, Grethe Weiser, Daphne Akhurst, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Bob Skelton. Among people deceased in 1981, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 246. Before him are Carleton S. Coon, Hanns Kilian, Betty McKinnon, Oumarou Ganda, Geirr Tveitt, and Eric Williams. After him are Big Walter Horton, Dragutin Najdanović, Ioachim Moldoveanu, Harry Warren, Nikolay Smaga, and Ann Harding.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kazimierz Kordylewski ranks 1,179 out of 1,694. Before him are Janusz Gortat (1948), Joseph Schröter (1837), Adolf Brudes (1899), Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948), Paweł Edelman (1958), and Ewa Lipska (1945). After him are Tadeusz Rut (1931), Janusz Zakrzeński (1936), Zygmunt Chychła (1926), Andrzej Grabowski (1952), Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939), and Joanna Hoffman (1955).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

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

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