Peter Kušnirák

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.[2] He was married to Slovak astronomer Ulrika Babiaková with whom he discovered 123647 Tomáško, named after their son Tomáško.

Minor planets discovered: 291 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

He was the principal observer to discover that the two main-belt asteroids 3073 Kursk and 5481 Kiuchi are in fact binary asteroids.[3][4] In 1999, he discovered the Eunomian main-belt asteroid 24260 Kriváň, which he named after one Slovakia's national symbols,[5] 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 (M.P.C. 10060).[2]

List of discovered minor planets

(16099) 1999 VQ₂₄ ^[A]	November 15, 1999
18182 Wiener ^[A]	August 27, 2000
18838 Shannon ^[B]	July 18, 1999
20495 Rimavská Sobota ^[A]	August 15, 1999
21656 Knuth ^[A]	August 9, 1999
22185 Štiavnica ^[C]	December 29, 2000
22824 von Neumann ^[A]	September 12, 1999
22901 Ivanbella ^[A]	October 12, 1999
24260 Kriváň	December 13, 1999
(24323) 2000 AW₄₉ ^[A]	January 5, 2000
25384 Partizánske	October 18, 1999
25778 Csere	February 4, 2000
25864 Banič	April 8, 2000
26390 Rušin	October 19, 1999
26401 Sobotište	November 19, 1999
26639 Murgaš	May 5, 2000
26640 Bahýľ	May 9, 2000
26661 Kempelen	November 27, 2000
27525 Vartovka ^[A]	April 29, 2000
28878 Segner	May 26, 2000
30253 Vítek ^[A]	April 30, 2000
30252 Textorisová	April 30, 2000
(30398) 2000 KM₄₁	May 30, 2000
32294 Zajonc ^[A]	August 26, 2000
32531 Ulrikababiaková	August 13, 2001
34753 Zdeněkmatyáš ^[A]	August 24, 2001
36060 Babuška ^[A]	September 14, 1999
(36280) 2000 CJ₇₇	February 1, 2000
(36339) 2000 NF₁₀	July 7, 2000
(36471) 2000 QK₂₆ ^[A]	August 27, 2000
36888 Škrabal ^[A]	September 29, 2000
37279 Hukvaldy ^[A]	December 22, 2000
38684 Velehrad ^[A]	October 25, 2000
(38685) 2000 QP₉ ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(39221) 2000 YK₈ ^[A]	December 20, 2000
(39228) 2000 YX₂₈	December 29, 2000
40440 Dobrovský ^[A]	September 11, 1999
40441 Jungmann ^[A]	September 11, 1999
40459 Rektorys ^[A]	September 14, 1999
40763 Zloch	October 5, 1999
(42838) 1999 PP₃ ^[A]	August 13, 1999
42998 Malinafrank ^[A]	October 17, 1999
(43085) 1999 WE₂	November 19, 1999
(43237) 2000 AB₂₀₄	January 6, 2000
44613 Rudolf ^[A]	September 8, 1999
(44616) 1999 RT₃₄ ^[A]	September 10, 1999
(44728) 1999 TT₁₅ ^[A]	October 13, 1999
(44908) 1999 VR₂₄	November 15, 1999
(45015) 1999 WQ	November 16, 1999

(45760) 2000 KY₄₃	May 30, 2000
46280 Hollar ^[A]	May 21, 2001
48171 Juza ^[A]	April 23, 2001
(48243) 2001 PE₇	August 11, 2001
51895 Biblialexa ^[A]	August 19, 2001
(55083) 2001 QV₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(55603) 2002 RE₁₁₇ ^[A]	September 7, 2002
(56713) 2000 MC₃	June 30, 2000
59800 Astropis ^[A]	August 14, 1999
(60007) 1999 TO₁₆ ^[A]	October 13, 1999
(60148) 1999 US₁ ^[A]	October 16, 1999
60150 Zacharias ^[A]	October 19, 1999
(61135) 2000 NT₂ ^[A]	July 5, 2000
61404 Očenášek ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(61645) 2000 QT₁₀₉ ^[A]	August 27, 2000
62794 Scheirich ^[A]	October 30, 2000
63162 Davidčapek ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(63584) 2001 QY₃₃ ^[A]	August 19, 2001
(63655) 2001 QV₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 26, 2001
(63686) 2001 QY₁₅₂	August 26, 2001
(63895) 2001 SZ₅	September 18, 2001
(65211) 2002 EK₁	March 6, 2002
(66486) 1999 RF₄₂ ^[A]	September 14, 1999
(67411) 2000 QJ₂₆ ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(68539) 2001 WL₂	November 17, 2001
(70216) 1999 RH₄₂ ^[A]	September 14, 1999
(70448) 1999 TS₁₅ ^[B]	October 7, 1999
(71087) 1999 XV₁₂₇	December 13, 1999
(71507) 2000 CP₃₄	February 4, 2000
(71783) 2000 SL₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(72062) 2000 YR₁₇ ^[C]	December 24, 2000
(72070) 2000 YC₃₃ ^[C]	December 31, 2000
(72518) 2001 DP₈₆	February 25, 2001
(72886) 2001 KC₁₈ ^[A]	May 21, 2001
(72914) 2001 PS₁₄	August 14, 2001
74764 Rudolfpešek ^[A]	September 15, 1999
75009 Petervereš ^[A]	October 16, 1999
(75437) 1999 XN₁₂₇	December 6, 1999
(77593) 2001 KJ₂₀ ^[A]	May 22, 2001
77621 Koten ^[A]	May 25, 2001
78536 Shrbený ^[A]	September 7, 2002
(78540) 2002 RH₁₁₇ ^[A]	September 7, 2002
(78542) 2002 RH₁₁₉ ^[A]	September 9, 2002
(82365) 2001 MP₈	June 25, 2001
(82653) 2001 PF₁₃	August 13, 2001
(82809) 2001 QK₃₃ ^[C]	August 17, 2001
(82908) 2001 QU₁₀₀ ^[C]	August 19, 2001
(82928) 2001 QM₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 19, 2001
(82929) 2001 QN₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 20, 2001
(82930) 2001 QZ₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001

82937 Lesicki ^[A]	August 26, 2001
(86048) 1999 PP₁ ^[A]	August 9, 1999
87088 Joannewheeler ^[A]	June 2, 2000
89282 Suzieimber ^[A]	November 10, 2001
(89350) 2001 VM₇₁ ^[A]	November 11, 2001
(91427) 1999 PB₅ ^[A]	August 14, 1999
(91452) 1999 RL₄₃ ^[A]	September 14, 1999
(91600) 1999 TN₁₆ ^[A]	October 13, 1999
(91844) 1999 UR₂ ^[A]	October 19, 1999
92389 Gretskij ^[A]	May 3, 2000
(93255) 2000 SC₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 29, 2000
(93256) 2000 SD₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 29, 2000
(93524) 2000 UQ	October 20, 2000
94556 Janstarý ^[A]	November 11, 2001
(94596) 2001 VW₇₁ ^[A]	November 14, 2001
(96765) 1999 RS₃₄ ^[A]	September 10, 1999
(97786) 2000 NU₂ ^[A]	July 5, 2000
(99507) 2002 EL₁	March 6, 2002
(99921) 1999 RO₁₉₀ ^[A]	September 15, 1999
(102228) 1999 TG₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1998
(102229) 1999 TS₁₇ ^[A]	October 15, 1998
(103016) 1999 XH₁₀₅ ^[A]	December 8, 1999
(104650) 2000 GY₁₃₂ ^[C]	April 9, 2000
(105280) 2000 QD₃₅	August 28, 2000
(106195) 2000 UM₁₅	October 29, 2000
107054 Daniela	January 1, 2001
(107555) 2001 DH₈₀ ^[A]	February 19, 2001
(108378) 2001 KK₂₀ ^[A]	May 22, 2001
(109096) 2001 QJ₃₃ ^[C]	August 16, 2001
(109266) 2001 QL₁₁₀	August 19, 2001
(109354) 2001 QU₁₅₃ ^[A]	August 26, 2001
(109777) 2001 RY₈₁	September 14, 2001
(113210) 2002 RF₁₁₇ ^[A]	September 7, 2002
(118683) 2000 NE₁₁	July 12, 2000
(118777) 2000 RW₅₉	September 7, 2000
(118828) 2000 SF₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 29, 2000
(118829) 2000 SJ₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(118993) 2000 YL₁₂ ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(119983) 2002 XB₃₉ ^[A]	December 7, 2002
(121339) 1999 TO₁₅ ^[A]	October 13, 1999
(122311) 2000 QL₉ ^[A]	August 25, 2000
(122337) 2000 QA₃₅ ^[A]	August 27, 2000
(123189) 2000 UP₁₃	October 23, 2000
(123606) 2000 YF₁₁ ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(123613) 2000 YQ₁₇ ^[C]	December 24, 2000
123647 Tomáško ^[C]	December 31, 2000
(124087) 2001 HY₁₅ ^[A]	April 23, 2001
(125371) 2001 VV₇₁ ^[A]	November 14, 2001
(129847) 1999 RH₄₀ ^[A]	September 13, 1999
(129887) 1999 TT₁₇ ^[A]	October 15, 1999

(130433) 2000 QO₉ ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(130872) 2000 VQ₂	November 1, 2000
(130873) 2000 VR₂ ^[A]	November 1, 2000
(131358) 2001 KA₂ ^[A]	May 19, 2001
(131548) 2001 VF₁₇ ^[A]	November 11, 2001
(132159) 2002 EP₂ ^[A]	March 8, 2002
(134528) 1999 RQ₃₈ ^[A]	September 12, 1999
(134697) 1999 XG₁₀₅ ^[A]	December 8, 1999
(135337) 2001 TE₁₄ ^[A]	October 13, 2001
(135756) 2002 RN ^[A]	September 2, 2002
(137314) 1999 TQ₁₄	October 12, 1999
(137974) 2000 CG₄₁	February 7, 2000
(139233) 2001 HT₁₈ ^[A]	April 25, 2001
(139290) 2001 KC₂ ^[A]	May 20, 2001
(139485) 2001 PT₁₄	August 14, 2001
(139586) 2001 QS₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(139591) 2001 QS₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 25, 2001
(140873) 2001 VH₁₇ ^[A]	November 11, 2001
(142110) 2002 RO ^[A]	September 2, 2002
(142154) 2002 RM₂₈ ^[A]	September 5, 2002
(143139) 2002 XC₃₉ ^[A]	December 7, 2002
(145910) 1999 UB ^[A]	October 16, 1999
(146397) 2001 QW₁₅₃	August 27, 2001
(148865) 2001 VF₇₆ ^[A]	November 15, 2001
(148884) 2001 WO₁₄ ^[A]	November 20, 2001
(150309) 1999 US₂ ^[A]	October 19, 1999
(150636) 2001 BR₅₀ ^[A]	January 27, 2001
(150698) 2001 PG₇	August 11, 2001
(150744) 2001 QE₉₄ ^[A]	August 20, 2001
(150745) 2001 QU₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 26, 2001
(152875) 2000 AX₄₉ ^[A]	January 5, 2000
(153104) 2000 SG₄₂	September 26, 2000
(153485) 2001 RZ₈₁	September 14, 2001
(153616) 2001 TD₁₇ ^[A]	October 14, 2001
(154096) 2002 DE ^[A]	February 16, 2002
(156548) 2002 EM₁	March 6, 2002
(157993) 2000 LP₈ ^[A]	June 3, 2000
(158010) 2000 QU₁₀₉	August 28, 2000
(162496) 2000 QH₂₆ ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(162699) 2000 US₃₀ ^[A]	October 29, 2000
(165655) 2001 KB₂ ^[A]	May 19, 2001
(165712) 2001 QV₃₃ ^[C]	August 17, 2001
(166526) 2002 RK ^[A]	September 2, 2002
(166537) 2002 RO₂₇	September 4, 2002
167208 Lelekovice ^[D]	October 17, 2003
(168504) 1999 TL₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1999
(168842) 2000 UP	October 20, 2000
(171809) 2001 DO₈₆	February 25, 2001
(171868) 2001 QR₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(173575) 2001 BS₅₀ ^[A]	January 27, 2001

(173718) 2001 QA₁₅₃	August 27, 2001
(173909) 2001 VC₁₇ ^[A]	November 10, 2001
(176346) 2001 TC₁₇ ^[A]	October 14, 2001
(178535) 1999 UA ^[A]	October 16, 1999
(178834) 2001 HA₁₆ ^[A]	April 24, 2001
(181909) 1999 TX₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1999
(182278) 2001 KG₁₈ ^[A]	May 20, 2001
(183582) 2003 SM₁₂₇	September 19, 2003
(185757) 1999 TK₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1999
(185976) 2001 KY₄₁ ^[A]	May 24, 2001
(193266) 2000 SN₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(193498) 2000 YS₁₇	December 25, 2000
(194429) 2001 VR₇₁ ^[A]	November 10, 2001
(195577) 2002 JU₉₉	May 12, 2002
(200479) 2000 YO₁₂ ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(200556) 2001 KA₄₂ ^[A]	May 25, 2001
(202964) 1999 TH₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1999
(203257) 2001 QC₁₅₃	August 27, 2001
(204013) 2003 UU₃₈	October 27, 2003
(205082) 1999 TM₁₅ ^[A]	October 12, 1999
(205469) 2001 QY₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 26, 2001
(208035) 1999 RV₃₄ ^[A]	September 11, 1999
(208811) 2002 RQ	September 3, 2002
(210661) 2000 QG₂₆ ^[A]	August 26, 2000
(213059) 1999 RG₄₂ ^[A]	September 14, 1999
(213246) 2001 BP₅₀ ^[A]	January 26, 2001
(216940) 1999 TM₁₆ ^[A]	October 13, 1999
(217833) 2001 KC₃₃ ^[A]	May 23, 2001
(217868) 2001 QT₁₅₃	August 26, 2001
(219205) 1999 VO₄₀ ^[A]	November 15, 1999
(222828) 2002 ER₂	March 9, 2002
(225545) 2000 SO₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(231883) 2000 VS₂ ^[A]	November 2, 2000
(234386) 2001 QR₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 25, 2001
(237434) 1999 PH₃ ^[A]	August 10, 1999
(237540) 2000 UN	October 20, 2000
(241657) 2000 JC₇ ^[A]	May 6, 2000
(241787) 2001 PE₁₃	August 12, 2001
(241795) 2001 QQ₁₁₀	August 24, 2001
(247051) 2000 LZ ^[A]	June 2, 2000
(249929) 2001 TD₁₄ ^[A]	October 12, 2001
(250719) 2005 SN₂₁	September 23, 2005
(252258) 2001 QB₁₅₃	August 27, 2001
(252743) 2002 EJ₁	March 6, 2002
(257844) 2000 KQ₄₄ ^[A]	May 31, 2000
(257871) 2000 SX₄₄	September 26, 2000
(257945) 2000 YC₁₂	December 22, 2000
(258632) 2002 ES₈	March 11, 2002
(269953) 2000 SH₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(270067) 2001 PU₁₄	August 14, 2001

Legend of co-discoverers: ^A with P. Pravec ^B with L. Šarounová ^C with U. Babiaková ^D with K. Hornoch
(270477) 2002 EK₅ ^[A]	March 8, 2002
(276243) 2002 RG₁₁₇ ^[A]	September 7, 2002
(277262) 2005 SB₂₆	September 28, 2005
(279817) 2000 JA₇	May 3, 2000
(279967) 2001 TA₁₄	October 12, 2001
(282631) 2005 SV₁	September 23, 2005
(283511) 2001 TZ₁₃	October 12, 2001
(285687) 2000 SM₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(285802) 2000 YJ₁₂ ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(286083) 2001 TB₁₇ ^[A]	October 14, 2001
(297383) 2000 QO₁ ^[A]	August 23, 2000
(301949) 2000 CM₃₄	February 3, 2000
(306480) 1999 TR₁₄	October 5, 1999
(306752) 2000 YN₁₂ ^[A]	December 22, 2000
(306977) 2001 VB₈₂ ^[A]	November 15, 2001
(310536) 2001 BT₅₀	January 27, 2001
(313192) 2001 QT₁₁₃ ^[A]	August 25, 2001
(317156) 2001 VT₇₁	November 13, 2001
(317456) 2002 RP	September 2, 2002
(322731) 2000 SK₁₆₃ ^[A]	September 30, 2000
(326775) 2003 SW2₁₅	September 25, 2003
(334076) 2001 QW₃₃ ^[C]	August 17, 2001
(334084) 2001 QO₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 20, 2001
(337384) 2001 QY₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(337608) 2001 TB₁₄	October 12, 2001
(337837) 2001 VS₇₁	November 11, 2001
(344191) 2001 KB₁₈ ^[A]	May 20, 2001
(344428) 2002 DD ^[A]	February 16, 2002
(357050) 2000 UJ₁₃	October 22, 2000
(360461) 2002 RL ^[A]	September 2, 2002
(370201) 2002 EU₇	March 11, 2002
(373611) 2002 EQ₂ ^[A]	March 8, 2002
(373695) 2002 RJ₁₁₇ ^[A]	September 8, 2002
(377015) 2002 RP₂₇	September 4, 2002
(382496) 2001 QX₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(385259) 2001 PP₉	August 12, 2001
(393414) 2001 QT₁₁₀ ^[A]	August 24, 2001
(422700) 2000 QB₃₅ ^[A]	August 27, 2000

References

"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"17260 Kusnirak (2000 JQ58)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"CBET-792, (3073) KURSK". IAU – International Astronomical Union. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"CBET-1339, (5481) KIUCHI". IAU – International Astronomical Union. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(24260) Kriváň". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (24260) Kriváň. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 874. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9769. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

External links

Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link, list of references for light-curve photometry by Peter Kušnirák

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[MPC-Kusnirak-2] "17260 Kusnirak (2000 JQ58)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[CBET-792-3] "CBET-792, (3073) KURSK". IAU – International Astronomical Union. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[CBET-1339-4] "CBET-1339, (5481) KIUCHI". IAU – International Astronomical Union. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[springer-Krivan-5] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(24260) Kriváň". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (24260) Kriváň. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 874. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9769. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.

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