Leonard Kornoš


Leonard Kornoš is a 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 photometric observations of asteroids and comets. His research includes the relations between meteoroid streams and their 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

10207 Comeniana16 August 1997
13370 Júliusbreza7 November 1998
15376 Marták1 February 1997
21802 Svoreň6 October 1999
22469 Poloniny2 February 1997
22558 Mladen22 April 1998
24862 Hromec27 February 1996
24974 Macúch21 April 1998
18 April 2000
29824 Kalmančok23 February 1999
33129 Ivankrasko1 February 1998
33158 Rúfus26 February 1998
39880 Dobšinský15 March 1998
27 February 1996
14 January 1997