Yurij N. Krugly (born 1962) is a Ukrainian astronomer, specialist in asteroids, notable for obtaining light curves and co-discovering YORP acceleration of many asteroids.

In 1980–1985, he studied at the Department of Astronomy of the School of Physics of Kharkiv State University.

[1] Yuri Krugly is known primarily for astrometric studies (measurements of the brightness) of asteroids and Trans-Neptunian objects.

In particular, he obtained the light curves and determined the rotation periods of many asteroids.

Thanks to this, he co-authored the discovery of the Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddac (YORP) acceleration of asteroids 1620 Geographos, 1862 Apollo, 3103 Eger.