Leonard Kornoš

Minor planets discovered: 37 

see § List of discovered minor planets

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 (M.P.C. 89082).

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by Leonard Kornoš

10207 Comeniana	16 August 1997	list [A]
13370 Júliusbreza	7 November 1998	list [A]
15376 Marták	1 February 1997	list [A]
21802 Svoreň	6 October 1999	list [B]
22469 Poloniny	2 February 1997	list [A]
22558 Mladen	22 April 1998	list [A]
24862 Hromec	27 February 1996	list [A]
24974 Macúch	21 April 1998	list [A]
(28753) 2000 HA	18 April 2000	list [C]
29824 Kalmančok	23 February 1999	list [B]
33129 Ivankrasko	1 February 1998	list [A]
33158 Rúfus	26 February 1998	list [A]
39880 Dobšinský	15 March 1998	list [A]
(43925) 1996 DB3	27 February 1996	list [A]
(48729) 1997 AG22	14 January 1997	list [A]

53910 Jánfischer	6 April 2000	list [D]
(58819) 1998 HF3	21 April 1998	list [A]
59389 Oskarvonmiller	24 March 1999	list [B]
59419 Prešov	9 April 1999	list [E]
67019 Hlohovec	13 December 1999	list [B]
(69461) 1996 UA3	24 October 1996	list [A]
(73974) 1998 BT26	29 January 1998	list [A]
(74424) 1999 BN	17 January 1999	list [A]
(79361) 1997 DA	16 February 1997	list [A]
(80009) 1999 GD2	8 April 1999	list [C]
(96379) 1998 BH	18 January 1998	list [A]
(100704) 1998 BG	17 January 1998	list [A]
(102626) 1999 VY27	15 November 1999	list [B]
(120767) 1998 BS26	27 January 1998	list [A]
(121336) 1999 TF6	6 October 1999	list [B]

(125372) 2001 VE72	15 November 2001	list [B]
(129617) 1998 BV41	30 January 1998	list [A]
(145779) 1998 CC	1 February 1998	list [A]
(216921) 1996 VC3	9 November 1996	list [A]
(257522) 1997 RH9	11 September 1997	list [A]
(288471) 2004 FF3	18 March 2004	list [F]
(310449) 2000 LC3	4 June 2000	list [A]
Co-discovery made with: A P. Kolény B J. Tóth C A. Galád D D. Kalmančok E Š. Gajdoš F J. Világi

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § L. Kornos