Peter Kušnirák


Peter Kušnirák is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and a prolific photometrist of light-curves at Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic. He was married to Slovak astronomer Ulrika Babiaková with whom he discovered 123647 Tomáško, named after their son Tomáško.
He was the principal observer to discover that the two main-belt asteroids 3073 Kursk and 5481 Kiuchi are in fact binary asteroids. In 1999, he discovered the Eunomian main-belt asteroid 24260 Kriváň, which he named after one Slovakia's national symbols, as well as 21656 Knuth and 20256 Adolfneckař, both located in the Aquarius constellation at the time. He is based out of numerous observatories in the Czech Republic, including the Ondřejov Observatory, and works solo or with partners.
The Flora asteroid 17260 Kušnirák, discovered by the U.S. LINEAR project at Lincoln Lab's ETS in 2000, is named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

 November 15, 1999
18182 Wiener August 27, 2000
18838 Shannon July 18, 1999
20495 Rimavská Sobota August 15, 1999
21656 Knuth August 9, 1999
22185 Štiavnica December 29, 2000
22824 von Neumann September 12, 1999
22901 Ivanbella October 12, 1999
24260 KriváňDecember 13, 1999
 January 5, 2000
25384 PartizánskeOctober 18, 1999
25778 CsereFebruary 4, 2000
25864 BaničApril 8, 2000
26390 RušinOctober 19, 1999
26401 SobotišteNovember 19, 1999
26639 MurgašMay 5, 2000
26640 BahýľMay 9, 2000
26661 KempelenNovember 27, 2000
27525 Vartovka April 29, 2000
28878 SegnerMay 26, 2000
30253 Vítek April 30, 2000
30252 TextorisováApril 30, 2000
May 30, 2000
32294 Zajonc August 26, 2000
32531 UlrikababiakováAugust 13, 2001
34753 Zdeněkmatyáš August 24, 2001
36060 Babuška September 14, 1999
February 1, 2000
July 7, 2000
 August 27, 2000
36888 Škrabal September 29, 2000
37279 Hukvaldy December 22, 2000
38684 Velehrad October 25, 2000
 August 26, 2000
 December 20, 2000
December 29, 2000
40440 Dobrovský September 11, 1999
40441 Jungmann September 11, 1999
40459 Rektorys September 14, 1999
40763 ZlochOctober 5, 1999
 August 13, 1999
42998 Malinafrank October 17, 1999
November 19, 1999
January 6, 2000
44613 Rudolf September 8, 1999
 September 10, 1999
 October 13, 1999
November 15, 1999
November 16, 1999

82937 Lesicki August 26, 2001
 August 9, 1999
87088 Joannewheeler June 2, 2000
89282 Suzieimber November 10, 2001
 November 11, 2001
 August 14, 1999
 September 14, 1999
 October 13, 1999
 October 19, 1999
92389 Gretskij May 3, 2000
 September 29, 2000
 September 29, 2000
October 20, 2000
94556 Janstarý November 11, 2001
 November 14, 2001
 September 10, 1999
 July 5, 2000
March 6, 2002
 September 15, 1999
 October 12, 1998
 October 15, 1998
 December 8, 1999
 April 9, 2000
August 28, 2000
October 29, 2000
107054 DanielaJanuary 1, 2001
 February 19, 2001
 May 22, 2001
 August 16, 2001
August 19, 2001
 August 26, 2001
September 14, 2001
 September 7, 2002
July 12, 2000
September 7, 2000
 September 29, 2000
 September 30, 2000
 December 22, 2000
 December 7, 2002
 October 13, 1999
 August 25, 2000
 August 27, 2000
October 23, 2000
 December 22, 2000
 December 24, 2000
123647 Tomáško December 31, 2000
 April 23, 2001
 November 14, 2001
 September 13, 1999
 October 15, 1999

August 27, 2001
 November 10, 2001
 October 14, 2001
 October 16, 1999
 April 24, 2001
 October 12, 1999
 May 20, 2001
September 19, 2003
 October 12, 1999
 May 24, 2001
 September 30, 2000
December 25, 2000
 November 10, 2001
May 12, 2002
 December 22, 2000
 May 25, 2001
 October 12, 1999
August 27, 2001
October 27, 2003
 October 12, 1999
 August 26, 2001
 September 11, 1999
September 3, 2002
 August 26, 2000
 September 14, 1999
 January 26, 2001
 October 13, 1999
 May 23, 2001
August 26, 2001
 November 15, 1999
March 9, 2002
 September 30, 2000
 November 2, 2000
 August 25, 2001
 August 10, 1999
October 20, 2000
 May 6, 2000
August 12, 2001
August 24, 2001
 June 2, 2000
 October 12, 2001
September 23, 2005
August 27, 2001
March 6, 2002
 May 31, 2000
September 26, 2000
December 22, 2000
March 11, 2002
 September 30, 2000
August 14, 2001