About Vytenis Vasyliūnas
Born 1939. Vytenis Vasyliūnas is a Lithuanian organist and space scientist.
Vytenis M. Vasyliunas (born 25 September 1939) is a Lithuanian space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research from 1977 to 2007.
Life and work Vasyliunas was born as son of the Lithuanian violinist Izidorius Vasyliūnas in 1939. He studied at Harvard College and received a degree in 1962. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he received his Ph.D. in 1966. In the following years he was Sloan Fellow and received the James B. Macelwane Medal in 1975.
From 1977 to 2007 he was one of the directors of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.
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Lithuanian space scientist
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Vytenis Vasyliūnas was born on 25 September 1939 in Kaunas.
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Vytenis Vasyliūnas is an organist and space scientist.
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Vytenis Vasyliūnas is Lithuanian.
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