Asteroids named after people called Anton
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(10680) Ermakov
Anton Ermakov (b. 1988) is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology who studies the gravity and interior structures of Vesta and Ceres using Dawn spacecraft data.Discovered 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J., Siding Spring
(11657) Antonhajduk
Anton Hajduk (b. 1933) is a professor of astronomy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. His research centers on the structure of meteor streams and radio studies of meteor head echoes and the secondary ozone layer.Discovered 5 March 1997 by Galad, A., Pravda, A., Modra
(13916) Bernolak
Anton Bernolák (1762-1813) was a Catholic priest who codified the first form of the Slovak language, later called bernolákovčina (Bernolak's language, 1787). The language was based on dialects used in western Slovakia. Bernolák was an important linguist and founder of the Slovenské učené tovarišstvo (Slovak Learned Society).Discovered 23 August 1982 by M. Antal, Piszkesteto
(20480) Antonschraut
Anton H. Schraut (b. 1990) is a finalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his biochemistry, medicine, health, and microbiology project. He attends the Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.Discovered 14 July 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
(22366) Flettner
Anton Flettner (1885-1961) was a German aviation engineer and inventor. He made important contributions to airplane and helicopter design. Name suggested by R. Jedicke and P. Jedicke.Discovered 21 June 1993 by Spacewatch, Kitt Peak
(34141) Antonwu
Anton Wu (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his math project. He attends the Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 24 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(48681) Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger (b. 1945) is a much-honored professor of experimental physics in Innsbruck and Vienna, decorated by the “pour le mérite” for sciences and arts. Well known for his contributions to quantum physics, in 1997 he succeeded in the first teleportation of information on quantum level.Discovered 21 January 1996 by Meyer, E., Obermair, E., Linz
(300334) Antonalexander
Anton Alexander (b. 2010) is the second son of the discoverer, Michael Koenig, and Agathe Schmid-Koenig.Discovered 12 September 2007 by M. Koenig, Rimbach
(361764) Antonbuslov
Anton Buslov (1983-2014) was a Russian astrophysicist, urbanist and blogger, who developed the ground-based control system for the scientific payload of CORONAS-PHOTON, the solar research satellite. He help create the modern public transport strategy and urban development for several regions of Russia.Discovered 6 January 2008 by , Zelenchukskaya Stn 90849 Zelenchukskaya Stn
(544541) Srholec
Anton Srholec (1929–2016) was a Slovak Catholic priest and Salesian. After 1989 he worked with homeless people. His life was a symbol of the fight for faith, freedom and humaneness and he received many national and foreign awards.Discovered 24 March 2011 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti, Piszkesteto
(660931) Antonpetrov
Anton Petrov (b. 1983) is a Canadian teacher of mathematics and a science journalist. He is a popularizer of astronomy and mathematics using social media platforms.Discovered 31 July 2003 by K. M. Perrett D. D. Balam, Maunakea