Kazimieras Černis


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Kazimieras Černis is a Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist, active member of the IAU, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets. In 2012, he discovered 420356 Praamzius, a trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet candidate.
Černis graduated from Vilnius University in 1981. From 1981 to 1990, he worked at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics. Since 1996, Černis is a senior scientist at Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy.
His research interests are photometry of stars, structure of the Milky Way, Solar System, comets, and asteroids. He is the leader of an asteroid search project at Molėtai Astronomical Observatory. Until 2006, Černis discovered 25 new comets and 125 asteroids. As of 2016, the Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery and co-discovery of 113 numbered minor planets he made during 2001–2012. He has published papers on photometry of stars and did research of interstellar extinction towards the direction of galactic anticenter.

List of discovered minor planets

68730 Straizys15 March 2002
73059 Kaunas16 March 2002
95593 Azusienis16 March 2002
95851 Stromvil26 March 2003
124192 Moletai26 July 2001
135561 Tautvaisiene16 March 2002
140628 Klaipeda20 October 2001
141496 Bartkevicius15 March 2002
144752 Plunge16 April 2004
151430 Nemunas16 March 2002
154932 Sviderskiene12 October 2004
155138 Pucinskas9 October 2005
157396 Vansevicius13 October 2004
157534 Siauliai8 October 2005
166229 Palanga17 March 2002
167960 Rudzikas13 March 2005
169568 Baranauskas16 March 2002
175548 Sudzius27 September 2006
180141 Sperauskas26 March 2003
184096 Kazlauskas16 April 2004
8 October 2005
185150 Panevezys23 September 2006
187276 Meistas8 October 2005
189396 Sielewicz2 May 2008
191775 Poczobut12 October 2004

252794 Maironis16 March 2002
26 April 2009
8 October 2005
27 April 2009
19 September 2009
270903 Pakstiene5 October 2002
274084 Baldone3 January 2008
12 October 2004
2 February 2009
10 March 2010
284984 Ikaunieks12 April 2010
286693 Kodaitis16 March 2002
288960 Steponasdarius11 October 2004
288961 Stasysgirėnas12 October 2004
289020 Ukmerge12 October 2004
289021 Juzeliunas12 October 2004
289121 Druskininkai12 October 2004
8 October 2005
294664 Trakai3 January 2008
2 February 2009
28 April 2009
10 March 2010
296968 Ignatianum12 March 2010
299897 Skipitis23 September 2006
302849 Richardboyle27 March 2003

17 September 2009
348511 Žemaitė10 October 2005
352646 Blumbahs25 July 2008
17 September 2009
353404 Laugalys25 September 2006
353577 Gediminas5 January 2008
2 February 2009
23 September 2006
361524 Klimka24 March 2007
363706 Karazija14 October 2004
10 September 2009
20 September 2009
20 September 2009
386056 Taurage24 March 2007
10 March 2010
13 October 2004
391042 Dubietis8 October 2005
392142 Solheim16 April 2009
8 September 2010
2 February 2009
18 September 2004
8 October 2005
2 February 2009
28 April 2009
11 March 2010

25 September 2006
545619 Lapuska3 September 2011
8 October 2010
9 March 2011
23 January 2010
551878 Stoeger29 February 2012
10 March 2010
9 March 2011
10 March 2010
555128 Birštonas12 September 2013
560794 Ugoboncompagni23 November 2012
562971 Johannhagen23 February 2012
565184 Janusz22 February 2012
26 September 2011
567580 Latuni23 October 2017
10 October 2005
8 October 2005
31 August 2008
31 August 2008
2 February 2009
26 September 2006
12 October 2004
12 October 2004
13 October 2004
582928 Smriglio23 February 2012

10 March 2005
31 August 2008
17 September 2009
12 October 2004
14 October 2004
11 October 2004
658642 Carreira29 September 2017
658787 Alksnis19 October 2017
658882 Žemaitija23 October 2017
12 October 2004
9 March 2011
23 September 2008
17 September 2009
26 October 2011
13 March 2005
24 January 2010
10 March 2005
23 October 2017
17 November 2017
2 February 2009
14 October 2004
26 September 2006
2 February 2009
709193 Concettafinardi13 November 2012
714305 Panceri27 September 2011