Bohdan Paczyński

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Polish astronomer (1940-2007)

ScientistsLived 1940 to 2007 · aged 67

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Bohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski was a Polish astronomer notable for his theories and work in the fields of stellar evolution, accretion discs, and gamma ray bursts.

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2006Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

2002Bruce Medal

2000Bruno Rossi Prize

1999Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

1997Henry Draper Medal

1996Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science

1992Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

1987Eddington Medal

1981Karl Schwarzschild Medal

Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Connected to Bohdan 6

Neil GehrelsAlso won Bruno Rossi Prize

Roger BlandfordAlso won Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics Erika Böhm-VitenseAlso won Karl Schwarzschild Medal Herbert FriedmanAlso won Eddington Medal Robert HermanAlso won Henry Draper Medal George HerbigAlso won Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

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Bohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski was a Polish astronomer notable for his theories and work in the fields of stellar evolution, accretion discs, and gamma ray bursts. He is the recipient of the Eddington Medal (1987), the Henry Draper Medal (1997), the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1999), and the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007).

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