Asteroids named after people called Antanas
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Antanas Bartkevičius (b. 1940) is a leading researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy in Vilnius and professor in astronomy at the Vilnius Pedagogical University. He is best known for his investigation of old stellar populations in the Milky Way galaxy.Discovered 15 March 2002 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J., Moletai
Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902) was a Roman Catholic bishop, mathematician and poet who wrote one of the greatest works in Lithuanian literature, Anykščių šilelis (The Forest of Anykščiai). He also wrote poetry in Polish.Discovered 16 March 2002 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J., Moletai
Antanas Juška (1902–1985) was a Lithuanian astronomer and science popularizer. Between 1929 and 1944 he was a lecturer at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, becoming an associate professor in 1941. He taught at Vilnius Pedagogical Institute from 1958 to 1984. He wrote ten popular books and published nearly 200 papers on astronomy, as well as textbooks.Discovered 17 November 2017 by I. Eglitis K. Äernis, Baldone
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