Maciej Konacki

Dr. Maciej Konacki (MATCH-ee Konn-ATZ-kee) (born 1972 in Toruń, Poland) is a Polish astronomer, notable for his tentative discovery of HD 188753 Ab, a possible planet discovered in a three star system.

[1] Konacki received a Master of Science degree in astronomy in 1996 and a Ph.D. in astronomy in 2000, all at Nicolaus Copernicus University[2] Dr. Konacki tentatively discovered HD 188753 Ab with the Keck I telescope on top of Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii.

[3] The discovery was reported in the journal Nature in July 2005.

Two years later, Eggenberger et al. stated that they had made observations with the necessary precision to detect the planet, but did not detect it.

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