Juraj Tóth

Minor planets discovered: 16[1]
(20664) 1999 UV4 October 31, 1999 [A]list
21802 Svoreň October 6, 1999 [B]list
29824 Kalmančok February 23, 1999 [B]list
(59378) 1999 FV3 March 19, 1999 [A]list
(59389) 1999 FF21 March 24, 1999 [B]list
(59415) 1999 GJ April 4, 1999 [A]list
(60009) 1999 TL17 October 15, 1999 [A]list
(67019) 1999 XF137 December 13, 1999 [B]list
(91156) 1998 QS60 August 31, 1998 [A]list
(102532) 1999 UU4 October 31, 1999 [A]list
(102626) 1999 VY27 November 15, 1999 [B]list
(118366) 1999 GK April 5, 1999 [C]list
(121336) 1999 TF6 October 6, 1999 [B]list
(125372) 2001 VE72 November 15, 2001 [B]list
(216524) 2001 HM20 April 27, 2001 [A]list
(219090) 1998 RA September 1, 1998 [A]list
Co-discoverers:
A with A. Galád
B with L. Kornoš
C with D. Kalmančok

Juraj Tóth (born 25 March 1975) is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.[2][3]

An expert in meteoroid fragmentation, he is known for his observations of the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory,[4] which were later published in the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets.[5] His photograph of the Leonid meteor shower was credited by NASA.[6]

Tóth is a member of the International Astronomical Union and currently a professor at Comenius University in the department of astronomy.[7] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 16 numbered minor planets between 1998 and 2001.[1]

He has published in numerous journals on astronomy, mainly on meteoroids. His work, Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein, has been shown in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[8] In 2010, he led a field expedition, which found the first piece of the "Košice" meteorite fall.[2] Košice is the 14th meteorite in the world with a pedigree.

He is married and has three children.[3]

The main-belt asteroid 24976 Jurajtoth, discovered by LONEOS in 1998, was named in his honor.[2]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "24976 Jurajtoth (1998 HE51)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Juraj Tóth. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Comenius University – department of astronomy. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. "Meteor Showers". American Meteor Society. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  5. Juraj Tóth, Leonard Kornos and Vladimir Porubcan (January 1998). "Photographic Leonids 1998 Observed at Modra Observatory". Earth, Moon, and Planets. Springer Netherlands. 82-83 (0): 285–294. doi:10.1023/A:1017078614847. ISSN 0167-9295. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. Thomas Paulech and Juraj Toth. "NASA quest – The best shower since 1966". NASA. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  7. "IndividualMembers – Juraj Tóth". International Astronomical Union. August 26, 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. Kornos, Leonard; Tóth, Juraj; Veres, Peter (June 2008). "Orbital Evolution of Príbram and Neuschwanstein". Earth. 102 (1-4): 59–65. Bibcode:2008EM&P..102...59K. doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9213-z. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

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