Leonard Kornoš
Leonard Kornoš (born 1956) is a Slovakia, 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 Photometry (astronomy), photometric observations of asteroids and comets. His research includes the relations between meteoroid streams and their Parent body, 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 See also * References 1956 births Discoveries by Leonard Kornoš, * Discoverers of asteroids Slovak astronomers ...
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Minor Planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor planet'', but that year's meeting reclassified minor planets and comets into dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies (SSSBs).Press release, IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes
International Astronomical Union, August 24, 2006. Accessed May 5, 2008. Minor planets include asteroids (