Najnovší bulletin WGSBN (Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature) z 9. júla 2026 priniesol milé prekvapenie. Ako poctu práci a výsledkom našich kolegov zo Slovenska pomenovala Medzinárodná astronomická únia osem asteroidov. Srdečne blahoželáme, priatelia, a prajeme príjemný a dlhodobý pobyt v hlavnom páse asteroidov... 😊
(20508) Marekhusárik = 1999 RL25
Discovery: 1999-09-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Marek Husárik (b. 1976) is a Slovak astronomer working at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He focuses on photometric studies of asteroids and comets. Marek also observes and coordinates observations of these objects at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory.
(20579) Pavelzigo = 1999 RX149
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Pavel Zigo (b. 1960) is a Slovak electrotechnical engineer and astronomer of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on forward-scatter observations of meteors and the radar observability functions. He is coauthor of the All-sky Meteor Orbit System.
(20588) Pavolmatlovič = 1999 RM166
Discovery: 1999-09-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Pavol Matlovič (b. 1991) is a Slovak astronomer at Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on meteor spectroscopy and physical properties of meteoroids. He has led research projects investigating the presence of hydrogen in meteoroids and meteorite ablation experiments to improve meteor composition diagnostics.
(20599) Pisarčíková = 1999 RD196
Discovery: 1999-09-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Adriana Pisarčíková (b. 1996) is a Slovak planetary scientist at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her main research focuses on the analysis of meteor spectra and improving methods of meteor spectroscopy.
(20718) Šilha = 1999 XZ97
Discovery: 1999-12-07 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Jiří Šilha (b. 1983) is a Slovak astronomer at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He works on optical observations of space debris and small Solar System bodies, conducts space-safety surveys with ground-based telescopes, and studies meteoroids, satellites, and orbital debris.
(20750) Tomášpaulech = 2000 AF199
Discovery: 2000-01-09 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Tomáš Paulech (b. 1975) is a Slovak astronomer and director of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra, Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on comets and meteors, as Chief Technical Officer in project AMOS, the All-sky Meteor Orbit System. In 1998 Tomáš observed the remarkable Leonid meteor shower outburst with J. Tóth.
(20754) Urbaník = 2000 AD244
Discovery: 2000-01-08 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Marián Urbaník (b. 1970) is a Slovak amateur astronomer, astrophotographer and active NEOCP astrometric observer at Kysuce Observatory (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia). His work includes follow-up astrometry and photometry of near-Earth objects and small Solar System bodies.
(20781) Znášik = 2000 RX38
Discovery: 2000-09-05 / LINEAR / Socorro / 704
Miroslav Znášik (b. 1956) is a Slovak scientist and former director of the Regional Observatory in Žilina (1986–2012). A graduate of Comenius University’s Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, he specialized in meteoroid and interplanetary-body observations, positional astronomy and occultations, and was active in education and public outreach.
