Asteroids named after people called Grzegorz
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Named in honor of Grzegorz Sitarski, astronomer at the Polish Academy of Sciences well known for his studies of the motions of comets, including consideration of nongravitational effects. He has recently succeeded in dynamically linking the observations made of (1862) Apollo and (2101) Adonis in the 1930s and the 1970s. Currently involved in an extensive program of new orbit determinations of one-apparition comets, he has since 1979 been President of IAU Commission 20.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar
Grzegorz Dudziński (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. He is studying physical properties of asteroids and contributing to development of new asteroid shape modeling methods.Discovered 4 April 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
Grzegorz Kierpiec (b. 1980) is a school teacher and Catholic priest. His passion for long-distance cycling inspired other people to join him in the “Spin up Your Faith” bicycle expeditions to many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia in the past 11 years.Discovered 24 October 2014 by M. Å»oÅnowski M. Kusiak, Tincana
Grzegorz Szczepaniak (b. 1970) is a Polish mountain tourist guide working in Żywiec. In 2023 he became The Ambassador of the city of Żywiec, for his active promotion of the region. He is also a vice-president of the Babiogórski Branch of the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society.Discovered 3 September 2013 by M. Å»oÅnowski M. Kusiak, Tincana
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