The Association of Spanish Scientists in the Baltic Countries (ACEBaltic) is pleased to announce the First Edition of the Antonia Ferrín Moreiras Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Baltic Countries.This award honors the legacy of Prof. Dr Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, a pioneer of Astronomy as the first Spanish woman to be…
Dr. Kazimieras Černis, a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University (VU), named the asteroid in honour of St. Casimir, the first saint and patron saint of Lithuania.
An asteroid has been named after Prof. García Alabiano, the second Rector of Vilnius University (VU). The asteroid was discovered by Dr Kazimieras Černis, a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of the VU Faculty of Physics, and Rev. Dr Richard P. Boyle, S.J., from the Vatican Observatory in Arizona. “I want…
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory contributes to the study of one of the reddest asteroids – (269) Justitia Photometry specialist Erika Pakštienė from the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University are participating in an international team aiming to reveal the physical properties of one of the reddest objects in the main asteroid belt, (269) Justitia. These studies…