Asteroids named after people called Istvan
👶 Istvan as a baby name
István Csabai (b. 1965) is a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for development of the photometric redshift estimation technique that is used to calculate the distance of galaxies.Discovered 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
István Tepliczky (b. 1961) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, who was a well-known figure in Hungarian meteor astronomy in the 1980s and 1990s. His friendly personality won many young people to the cause of astronomy. His best-known result is the detection of the outburst of the Aurigids meteor shower in 1986.Discovered 25 December 2003 by K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto
Magdolna and István Hargittai are Hungarian chemists and full members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Their main field of research is structural chemistry, having published over 20 books on this topic. They are both winners of the 2011 annual science communication award of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists.Discovered 21 April 2006 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto
István Bugyi (1898–1981) was a Hungarian physician and university professor. He was an excellent organizer and teacher, and between 1931 and 1968 he was chief surgeon at the Szentes County Hospital, where he also served as director on several occasions. Generations of surgeons grew up under his tutelage.Discovered 28 January 2000 by G. Szabó K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto
István Guman (b. 1919) is a Hungarian astronomer who studied variable stars using photographic measurements at the Konkoly Observatory and solar astronomy in the Debrecen Heliophysical Observatory. He was an active science communicator and contributor to the Hungarian Astronomical Almanac for many decades.Discovered 22 October 1998 by Sarneczky, K., Szabo, G., Piszkesteto
István Földes (1908–1977) was a Hungarian astronomer and mathematician. From 1949 to 1974, he was the head of the Department of Astronomy at the Eötvös Loránd University. His main field of research was celestial mechanics and he gave popular lectures on astronomy on the radio.Discovered 23 November 2011 by A. Pál K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto
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