Asteroids named after people called Karoly
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Károly Nagy (1797-1868) was a Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician. His observatory in Bicske was one of the most well-equipped observatories of Europe in the nineteenth century. It was destroyed during World War I, and only its main tower stands nowadays.Discovered 5 September 2003 by Sarneczky, K., Sipocz, B., Piszkesteto
Károly Szatmáry (b. 1956) is a Hungarian astronomer, initiator of the Szeged Observatory Foundation and the father of astronomical teaching in University of Szeged. His main field of research is the period analysis of variable stars. He is also very active in science popularization.Discovered 2 January 2000 by Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L., Piszkesteto
Károly Simonyi (1916-2001) was a professor of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest. He was an outstanding scholar-educator whose brilliant lectures, and his book The Cultural History of Physics bridges the gap between the “two cultures”, contributing to a new enlightenment in Hungary.Discovered 8 September 2002 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto
Károly Zipernowsky (1853-1942) was a Hungarian electrical engineer and a pioneer of AC technologies. He was the co-inventor of the transformer, which was the main step in the achievement of long-distance electrical power transmission. He also made many other contributions to electrical engineering.Discovered 6 April 2005 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto
Károly Posztoczky (1882-1963) was a Hungarian landowner and amateur astronomer. He started his observations at his private observatory on Erdőtagyos in 1915. He made solar, lunar and deep-sky observations and took numerous astrophotos. On his land he also established a meteorological station.Discovered 27 February 2001 by Sarneczky, K., Derekas, A., Piszkesteto
Károly Tamkó Sirató (1905–1980) was a Hungarian poet, art theorist, and translator. His best known work is Manifeste Dimensioniste, in which he summarized his theoretical thoughts on the tasks and aims of the avant-garde. Károly became known to the general public for his children's poems, but he was also one of the first pioneers of yoga in Hungary.Discovered 15 October 2006 by Sarneczky, K., Kuli, Z., Piszkesteto
Károly Than (1834–1908) was a Hungarian chemist and full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. After becoming a professor at the University of Budapest, he devoted all his energy to promoting the development of public education, cultural enrichment, and scientific research in Hungary.Discovered 16 October 2006 by Sarneczky, K., Kuli, Z., Piszkesteto
Károly Szegő (1943–2022) was a Hungarian physicist and space scientist. His main fields of research were the study of comet surfaces and the interaction between solar wind and comets. Szegő was co-leader of the steering committee for the VEGA space mission to Halley, later he was involved in plasma physics experiments on numerous space missions.Discovered 23 September 2006 by Sarneczky, K., Kuli, Z., Piszkesteto
Károly Guckler (1858–1923) was a Hungarian forester, who is best known for the reforestation of the Hármashatár hill in Budapest. Because of the huge firewood demand of the capital, the hillsides were almost completely cleared. He planted undemanding pine trees to stabilize the ground before starting to replant native forest.Discovered 26 August 2011 by K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto
Károly Jónás (b. 1971) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer and traveler. He took part in more than 20 astronomical expeditions, where he captured solar eclipses, meteor showers and the night sky through astrophotography. His determination inspired many others within the Hungarian amateur astronomical community.Discovered 28 September 2013 by K. Sárneczky T. Csörgei, Piszkesteto
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