György Kulin (
Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989
Budapest
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) was a
Hungarian astronomer
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and discoverer of
minor planet
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s.
He discovered 21
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
s and is a co-discoverer of the comet C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin). In addition to astronomy he also wrote some science fiction.
(Remembering György Kulin)
/ref> The asteroid 3019 Kulin was named in his honor.
References
External links
Kulin György emlékoldal (Remembering György Kulin)
– impressive website associated with the celebrations held in January 2005, the centenary of his birth, with picture gallery and downloadable (but large) sound and video files. Includes comprehensive bibliography. The site is in Hungarian. Accessed 20 July 2005
1905 births
1989 deaths
Discoverers of asteroids
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20th-century Hungarian astronomers
Hungarian science fiction writers
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