Asteroids named after people called Piotr

(15597) Piotrlazarek

Piotr Lazarek (b. 2001) was awarded first place in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental engineering project. He attended the Zespol Szkol Filomata, Gliwice, Slask, Poland.Discovered 6 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(30569) Dybczynski

Piotr Andrzej Dybczyński (b. 1957) is a Polish professor at the Astronomical Observatory Institute of the Adam Mickiewicz University. His scientific interests concern various aspects of cometary dynamics, the Oort-cloud, and mechanisms for delivery of dynamically new comets into the inner Solar System.Discovered 27 July 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa

(296987) Piotrflin

Piotr Flin (b. 1945) is a Polish astronomer and a Professor at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. His scientific interests deal with the properties of large scale structures, galaxy cluster shapes and orientation.Discovered 11 March 2010 by Andrushivka, Andrushivka

(327977) Skarga

Piotr Skarga (1536–1612) was a Polish Jesuit preacher, hagiographer and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a professor at the Kraków Academy and in 1579 he became the first rector of the Vilnius University in Lithuania. Skarga was a prolific writer, and his chief book was titled The Lives of the Saints.Discovered 24 March 2007 by J. Zdanavičius K. Černis, Moletai

(701424) Piotrguzik

Piotr Guzik (b. 1985) is a Polish post-doctoral researcher at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. He is a member of the HYADES project. Guzik has been an active comet observer for over 25 years, and he popularizes knowledge in this field in a very accessible way through social media and lectures.Discovered 2 December 2013 by M. Żolnowski M. Kusiak, Tincana