Leonard Kornoš Explained

Minor planets discovered: 37 

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Leonard Kornoš (born 1956) is a Slovak astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

Career

He is a lecturer at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and known for his astrometric and photometric observations of asteroids and comets. His research includes the relations between meteoroid streams and their parent bodies. He is credited with the discovery of 37 minor planets, many of which are co-discoveries with astronomers Peter Kolény, Juraj Tóth, Adrián Galád, Dušan Kalmančok, Štefan Gajdoš and Jozef Világi.

Awards and honors

The asteroid 23899 Kornoš, discovered by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa Station in 1998, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 12 July 2014 .

List of discovered minor planets

10207 Comeniana	16 August 1997	 
13370 Júliusbreza	7 November 1998	 
15376 Marták	1 February 1997	 
21802 Svoreň	6 October 1999	 
22469 Poloniny	2 February 1997	 
22558 Mladen	22 April 1998	 
24862 Hromec	27 February 1996	 
24974 Macúch	21 April 1998	 
	18 April 2000	 
29824 Kalmančok	23 February 1999	 
33129 Ivankrasko	1 February 1998	 
33158 Rúfus	26 February 1998	 
39880 Dobšinský	15 March 1998	 
	27 February 1996	 
	14 January 1997	 

53910 Jánfischer	6 April 2000	 
	21 April 1998	 
59389 Oskarvonmiller	24 March 1999	 
59419 Prešov	9 April 1999	 
	13 December 1999	 
	24 October 1996	 
	29 January 1998	 
	17 January 1999	 
	16 February 1997	 
	8 April 1999	 
	18 January 1998	 
	17 January 1998	 
	15 November 1999	 
	27 January 1998	 
	6 October 1999	 

	15 November 2001	 
	30 January 1998	 
	1 February 1998	 
	9 November 1996	 
	11 September 1997	 
	18 March 2004	 
	4 June 2000	 
Co-discovery made with: P. Kolény J. Tóth A. Galád D. Kalmančok Š. Gajdoš J. Világi