Petar Đurković (Петар Ђурковић, 1908–1981) was a
Serbian
astronomer known for discovering two
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.
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s in 1936 and 1940, respectively.
One is named for the Serbian scientist
Milutin Milanković,
the other for
Zvezdara, the hill in
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
where the
Belgrade Astronomical Observatory is located.
Asteroid
1555 Dejan
1555 Dejan, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the background population of the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 September 1941, by Belgian astronomer Fernand Riga ...
, discovered by
Fernand Rigaux
Fernand Rigaux (1905 – 21 September 1962) was a Belgian astronomer and observer of variable stars, minor planets and comets at the Royal Observatory at Uccle, Belgium.
In 1951, he co-discovered the periodic comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux with his c ...
, was named after Đurković's son ().
References
1908 births
1981 deaths
20th-century astronomers
Discoverers of asteroids
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Serbian astronomers
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni
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