Asteroids named after people called Milan

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(6589) Jankovich

Milan Jankovich, economist and ecologist in Monaco, is head of the Zepter company. He is devoted to helping young people, improving the environment and encouraging cultural advances. He has won many prestigious international prizes. The name was suggested by the Ukrainian Ecological Academy of Sciences.Discovered 19 September 1985 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I., Nauchnyj

(7390) Kundera

Named in honor of Milan Kundera (b. 1929), Czech novelist, playwright and poet. He has written various works combining the comedy of living with political criticism. His novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being is well known and received wide international exposure as a very successful movie. Since 1975 he has lived in France. Name proposed by J. Ticha following a suggestion by M. Šidlichovský.Discovered 31 August 1983 by Klet, Klet

(33158) Rufus

The poet, essayist and translator Milan Rúfus (1928-2009) was a modern traditionalist. As the most widely read poet in Slovakia, he was ingenuous and noble, a moral authority. His works have been translated into 14 languages. The name was suggested by P. Rapavý and D. Podracká.Discovered 26 February 1998 by P. Kolény L. KornoÅ¡, Modra

(76713) Wudia

Milan Wudia (1963-2007) was an outstanding Czech engineer and a pioneer of automated telescopes. He worked at the Nicolas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno, and among his works was a computer control system of the Ondřejov 0.65-m telescope with which this minor planet was discovered.Discovered 6 May 2000 by P. KuÅ¡nirák M. Wolf, Ondřejov

(554959) Lasica

Milan Lasica (1940–2021) was a Slovak comedian, playwright, actor and director. He was one of the most prominent personalities of cultural and public life over decades. As a comedy duo with Július Satinský, they took banal situations of everyday life and twisted them into absurd stories that entertained several generation of fans.Discovered 4 December 2010 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti, Piszkesteto

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