Kazimieras Černis (born November 11, 1958, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist, active member of the IAU,[2] and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
[1] In 2012, he discovered 420356 Praamzius, a trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet candidate.
Since 1996, Černis is a senior scientist at Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy.
[2] His research interests are photometry of stars, structure of the Milky Way, Solar System, comets, and asteroids.
[1] He has published papers on photometry of stars and did research of interstellar extinction towards the direction of galactic anticenter.