Zdeněk Švestka (30 September 1925 – 2 March 2013) was a Czech astronomer. For several decades he was the world's leading expert on solar flares. He studied mathematics and physics at Charles University, Prague, until graduating in 1948. Together with Cornelis de Jager, he was the co-founder and editor of the journal Solar Physics. For 38 years, from the establishment of the journal in 1967 until his retirement in 2005, he handled all papers on solar flares, while De Jager took care of everything else. The minor planet 17805 Švestka was named after him.[1]
zdeněk, Švestka, september, 1925, march, 2013, czech, astronomer, several, decades, world, leading, expert, solar, flares, studied, mathematics, physics, charles, university, prague, until, graduating, 1948, together, with, cornelis, jager, founder, editor, jo. Zdenek Svestka 30 September 1925 2 March 2013 was a Czech astronomer For several decades he was the world s leading expert on solar flares He studied mathematics and physics at Charles University Prague until graduating in 1948 Together with Cornelis de Jager he was the co founder and editor of the journal Solar Physics For 38 years from the establishment of the journal in 1967 until his retirement in 2005 he handled all papers on solar flares while De Jager took care of everything else The minor planet 17805 Svestka was named after him 1 Zdenek SvestkaZdenek Svestka in 1980 aged 54Born 1925 09 30 September 30 1925Prague CzechoslovakiaDiedMarch 2 2013 2013 03 02 aged 87 Bunschoten NetherlandsAlma materCharles UniversityKnown forSeminal contributions to solar physicsSpouseLida Svestka FritzovaScientific careerFieldsAstronomy solar physics InstitutionsCambridge University Florida State UniversityReferences edit Van Driel Gesztelyi Lidia Zdenek Svestka 1925 2013 SolarNews SolarNews 15 Mar 2013 Web 17 Dec 2013 nbsp This article about an astronomer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zdenek Svestka amp oldid 1140140783, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
