About John Papaloizou
Born 1947. John Papaloizou is a British astronomer and theoretical physicist.
He discovered the Papaloizou-Pringle instability together with Jim Pringle in 1984. Papaloizou also made major contributions in various areas such as the radial-orbit instability, toroidal modes in stars and different instabilities in accretion disks.
The asteroid 17063 Papaloizou is named after John Papaloizou.
Awards 2003 Fellow of the Royal Society
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British astronomer
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