Asteroids named after people called Henryk
👶 Henryk as a baby name
Henryk Sielewicz (b. 1949) is one of the most skilled Lithuanian amateur astronomers. He built an observatory in Lavariškės (25 km from Vilnius), where he carries out astrophotography and makes visual estimates of the brightness of comets. He has polished some 25 astronomical mirrors and made dozens of telescopes.Discovered 2 May 2008 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J., Moletai
Henryk M. Broder (b. 1946) of Katowice, Poland, studied German law and political economics at Cologne, Germany. A journalist and author, Broder works for a number of major German newspapers.Discovered 24 August 2007 by R. Apitzsch, Wildberg
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) is one of the most famous Polish writers and the recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. He created a whole series of historical novels, short stories, and essays, and wrote passionately about Polish history and patriotism. Henryk's most famous work, Quo Vadis, is set in ancient Rome.Discovered 24 September 2006 by K. Äernis, Moletai
Henryk Chrupała (1938–2015) was a Polish astronomer, physicist, and astronomy popularizer. From 1973 to 2003 he was the director of the Silesian Planetarium and Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Observatory in Chorzów. Chrupała was also a president of the Main Committee of the National Astronomical Olympiad.Discovered 31 August 2013 by M. Å»oÅnowski M. Kusiak, Tincana
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