Brigitta Sipőcz is a
Hungarian astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...
and discoverer of
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 ...
s.
Sipőcz works as a researcher at the
University of Hertfordshire
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in the United Kingdom. At the time she was searching for the transit of M dwarfs.
The
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Funct ...
credits her with the discovery of 35 minor planets, all made in collaboration with
Krisztián Sárneczky
Krisztián Sárneczky (born 6 November 1974 in Budapest) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian teacher of geography and prolific discoverer of minor planets and supernovae, researching at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. He is a board member ...
in 2003.
List of discovered minor planets
References
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Discoverers of minor planets
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20th-century Hungarian astronomers
Women astronomers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)