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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Kušnirák is the 625th most popular astronomer (down from 613th in 2024), the 324th 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 625 out of 644. Before him are Martha P. Haynes, Dale Frail, Akimasa Nakamura, Anja Cetti Andersen, Eva Grebel, and José Gabriel Funes. After him are Linda A. Morabito, Ulrika Babiaková, Kenneth J. Lawrence, David J. Asher, Gabriela González, and Paulo R. Holvorcem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Peter Kušnirák ranks 750. Before him are Mariya Kiselyova, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Karin Moroder, María Botto, 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 324 out of 418. Before him are Róbert Švehla (1969), Szilárd Németh (1977), Dušan Tittel (1966), 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), Kamil Čontofalský (1978), and Karina Habšudová (1973).

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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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