György Kulin Explained

Asteroids discovered: 21
December 11, 1936
November 26, 1937
December 29, 1937
January 6, 1938
January 6, 1938
February 26, 1938
April 12, 1939
March 10, 1940
September 8, 1940
September 28, 1941
October 20, 1941
November 12, 1936
January 22, 1938
October 13, 1936
December 29, 1937
March 12, 1940
January 7, 1940
March 15, 1940
January 6, 1938
March 12, 1940
January 6, 1940

György Kulin (28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Nagyszalonta and died in Budapest.

He discovered 21 asteroids and is a co-discoverer of the comet C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin). In addition to astronomy he also wrote some science fiction.[1] The asteroid 3019 Kulin was named in his honor.

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Notes and References

  1. http://kulin.mcse.hu/kepgaleria/ (Remembering György Kulin)