Kowal
Kowal may refer to: * Kowal (surname), a surname *Kowal (town) Kowal is a town in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,478 inhabitants (2004). History Kowal was the birthplace of Casimir III the Great, the last Polish King from the Piast dynasty. It was a county seat and Roya ..., a town in Poland * Kowal (gmina), a ''gmina'' (administrative district) in Poland * 99P/Kowal, a periodic comet See also * * Koval (other) * Kowall, a surname {{Disambig, geo ...
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Kowal (surname)
Kowal is a Polish surname meaning "smith". It may refer to: * Andrzej Kowal (born 1971), Polish volleyball coach * Austin Kowal (born 1985), American artist * Charles T. Kowal (1940–2011), American astronomer * Chester A. Kowal (1904–1966), American politician * Edmund Kowal (1931–1960), Polish footballer * Emma Kowal, Australian anthropologist, physician and academic * Frédéric Kowal (born 1970), French rower * Grzegorz Kowal, Polish diplomat * Jan Kowal (born 1967), Polish ski jumper * Joe Kowal (born 1956), Canadian hockey player * Kristy Kowal (born 1978), American swimmer * Maksym Kowal (born 1991), Canadian soccer player * Mandy Kowal (born 1963), American rower * Marek Kowal (born 1985), Polish footballer * Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969), American author * Matylda Kowal (born 1989), Polish runner * Mitchell Kowal (1915–1971), American actor * Paweł Kowal (born 1975), Polish politician * Stanisław Kowal (1928–2001), Polish triple jumper * Tom Kow ...
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99P/Kowal
99P/Kowal, also known as Kowal 1, is a periodic comet in the Solar System that orbits out by Jupiter and has a 15 year orbital period. It has been observed regularly since 2019. Its most recent perihelion occurred in April 2022, and is expected to return by May 2037. Observational history Charles T. Kowal discovered this comet shortly after reporting the discovery of asteroid 2063 Bacchus (then known as 1977 HB) on the night of 24 April 1977. It already passed perihelion when it was first spotted as a 16th-magnitude object within the constellation Virgo. Orbital calculations by Shuichi Nakano and Brian G. Marsden predicted that the comet has a 15-year orbit around the Sun, and was expected to return by 1992. It was successfully recovered by James V. Scotti from the Kitt Peak Observatory's Spacewatch The Spacewatch Project is an astronomical survey that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets at University of Arizona t ...
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Kowal (gmina)
__NOTOC__ Gmina Kowal is a rural gmina in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kowal, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,089. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Kowal contains the villages and settlements of Bogusławice, Czerniewiczki, Dąbrówka, Dębniaki, Dobrzelewice, Dziardonice, Gołaszewo, Grabkowo, Grodztwo, Kępka Szlachecka, Krzewent, Nakonowo, Przydatki Gołaszewskie, Rakutowo, Strzały, Unisławice, Więsławice and Więsławice-Parcele. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Kowal is bordered by the town of Kowal and by the gminas of Baruchowo, Choceń, Lubień Kujawski and Włocławek. ReferencesPolish official population figures 2006 Kowal Kowal may refer to: * Kowal (surname), a surname *Kowal (town) Kowal is a town in ...
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Kowal (town)
Kowal is a town in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,478 inhabitants (2004). History Kowal was the birthplace of Casimir III the Great, the last Polish King from the Piast dynasty. It was a county seat and Royal city in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Greater Poland Province. During the Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation of Poland (World War II), Kowal was one of the sites of executions of Polish people, Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the ''Intelligenzaktion''. In 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany, expulsions of Poles, who were deported to a transit camp in Łódź and then to the General Government in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses, shops and workshops were handed ...
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Koval (other)
Koval may refer to: *Koval (surname) * Koval Distillery, a craft distillery in Chicago, Illinois Fiction * Funky Koval, a 1980s Polish comic book *Koval, a Romulan in Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'') See also * * Kowal (other) *Kovel, a city in Ukraine *Kovalan, a character in Tamil epic ''Silappatikaram'' ** Kovalanpottal, place in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India where he is said to have died *Kovalam Kovalam is a beach and seaside resort in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India. Kovalam is located southeast of the city center. The beaches around Kovalam are popular vacation destinations for both domestic and international travelle ...