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Leonard Kornoš (born 1956) 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 Comeniana 16 August 1997 13370 Júliusbreza 7 November 1998 15376 Marták 1 February 1997 21802 Svoreň 6 October 1999 22469 Poloniny 2 February 1997 22558 Mladen 22 April 1998 24862 Hromec 27 February 1996 24974 Macúch 21 April 1998 18 April 2000 29824 Kalmančok 23 February 1999 33129 Ivankrasko 1 February 1998 33158 Rúfus 26 February 1998 39880 Dobšinský 15 March 1998 27 February 1996 14 January 1997 53910 Jánfischer 6 April 2000 21 April 1998 59389 Oskarvonmiller 24 March 1999 59419 Prešov 9 April 1999 67019 Hlohovec 13 December 1999 24 October 1996 29 January 1998 17 January 1999 16 February 1997 8 April 1999 18 January 1998 17 January 1998 15 November 1999 27 January 1998 6 October 1999 15 November 2001 30 January 1998 1 February 1998 9 November 1996 11 September 1997 18 March 2004 4 June 2000 Co-discovery made with: P. Kolény J. Tóth A. Galád D. Kalmančok Š. Gajdoš J. Világi
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