Asteroids named after people called Dominik
👶 Dominik as a baby name
Named in honor of Dominik Hašek (b. 1965), goalkeeper, and the Czech Olympic hockey team, winners of the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. Although the success was basically due to teamwork, Hašek's contribution was the most significant. This great win in “the hockey tournament of the century” was widely appreciated by the Czech people and recognized as one of the greatest achievements in the history of Czech sport.Discovered 21 April 1995 by Pravec, P., Sarounova, L., Ondrejov
Dominik Kovacs (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials and bioengineering team project. He attends the HTBLuVA Modling, Modling, Austria.Discovered 24 August 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
On 2009 Sept. 12, the Bavarian entrepreneur Dominik Florian Brunner (1959-2009) was violently killed in a suburban train station in Munich when he tried to stop four children from being abused by two ruffians. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Discovered 10 October 1990 by Borngen, F., Schmadel, L. D., Tautenburg
Dominik Tatarka (1913-1989) was a Slovak writer, essayist, screenwriter and translator of French authors into Slovak. He was the author of 20 novels and novellas. Name suggested by S. Kürti.Discovered 8 October 2001 by NEAT, Palomar
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