Milan Antal

Milan Antal (1935–1999) was a Slovak astronomer.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

While working at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy from 1971–1988, he discovered 17 minor planets,^[1] including the asteroid 1807 Slovakia and the three unnamed Jupiter trojans (5025) 1986 TS6, (6545) 1986 TR6 and (7641) 1986 TT6. A distinguished observer of comets and minor planets, he has determined exact astrometric positions from photographic plates for many thousands of small Solar System bodies.^[2]

The main-belt asteroid 6717 Antal, discovered by German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz Schmadel in 1990, is named in his honour.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6717) Antal". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6717) Antal. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 551. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6054. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "Conditions of competition Astrofoto 2010" (in Slovak and English). Slovak Central Observatory Hurbanovo. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ Tučeková, Z. "Comenius University in Bratislava homepage" (in Slovak and English). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ "Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republich homepage" (in Czech and English). Retrieved 5 December 2010.

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