Asteroids named after people called Sandor

(11584) Ferenczi

Sándor Ferenczi (1873-1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst who improved the therapeutic technique of free association. In The Development of Psychoanalysis (1924) he favored the creation of a loving, permissive atmosphere by the therapist.Discovered 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla

(194970) Marai

Sándor Márai (1900-1989) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. He authored forty-six books, mostly novels, and was considered by literary critics to be one of Hungary's most influential representatives of middle-class literature between the two world wars.Discovered 13 January 2002 by Sarneczky, K., Heiner, Z., Piszkesteto

(234294) Pappsandor

Sándor Papp (b. 1949) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer, who has made more than 100,000 visual brightness estimation of variable stars. He is also interested in double stars and deep-sky observing.Discovered 31 December 2000 by Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L., Piszkesteto

(318694) Keszthelyi

Sándor Keszthelyi (b. 1952) is a Hungarian architect and amateur astronomer. He is interested in variable star and meteor observations, naked eye phenomena, and the history of astronomy. This minor planet was discovered on the 30th anniversary of his independent discovery of N Cyg 1975.Discovered 29 August 2005 by Sarneczky, K., Kuli, Z., Piszkesteto

(558398) Nagysandor

Sándor Nagy (b. 1970) is a Slovak amateur astronomer and science promoter. As the head of the Corvus astronomy club in Gabčíkovo, he has significantly contributed to the interest of young people in science and astronomy.Discovered 31 August 2013 by K. Sárneczky T. Csörgei, Piszkesteto

(567010) Kanyosandor

Sándor Kanyó (1932–2016) was a Hungarian physicist, astronomer and university lecturer. He worked at the Konkoly Observatory for more than three decades, and was head of the variable star division for several years. His main field of research was the study of the Blazhko effect in RR Lyrae stars.Discovered 7 March 2011 by J. Kelemen K. Sárneczky, Piszkesteto