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Peter Kušnirák

1974 - Today

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Peter Kušnirák (born 1974) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Kušnirák is the 623rd most popular astronomer (down from 613th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 286th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Peter Kušnirák ranks 623 out of 644. Before him are Sara Seager, Martha P. Haynes, Dale Frail, Akimasa Nakamura, Anja Cetti Andersen, and Eva Grebel. After him are Linda A. Morabito, Ulrika Babiaková, Timothy B. Spahr, Alan Stern, C. Michelle Olmstead, and Zdeněk Moravec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Peter Kušnirák ranks 702. Before him are Tetiana Ostashchenko, Mariya Kiselyova, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Karin Moroder, Amarilis Savón, and Paul Kariya. After him are Frédéric Herpoel, Dmitri Sautin, Daniel Igali, Franck Riester, Corinne Diacre, and Eunice Barber.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Peter Kušnirák ranks 314 out of 418. Before him are Martin Petráš (1979), Róbert Švehla (1969), Szilárd Németh (1977), Magdaléna Rybáriková (1988), Filip Hološko (1984), and Adam Nemec (1985). After him are Marián Gáborík (1982), Ľuboš Bartečko (1976), Ulrika Babiaková (1976), Radoslav Rochallyi (1980), Karina Habšudová (1973), and Alex Král (1998).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Slovakia

Among astronomers born in Slovakia, Peter Kušnirák ranks 3. Before him are Maximilian Hell (1720), and Ľudmila Pajdušáková (1916). After him are Ulrika Babiaková (1976).

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