Asteroids named after people called Tamas

(152454) Darnyi

Tamás Darnyi (b. 1967) is a Hungarian swimmer who won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and who was unbeaten in the individual medley events from 1985 until his retirement in 1993. He was the first swimmer ever to swim the 200 m medley (long course) in under two minutes.Discovered 3 November 2005 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto

(179875) Budavari

Tamas Budavari (b. 1973) is a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for his work on computational and statistical approaches to observational astronomy.Discovered 5 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point

(181298) Ladanyi

Tamás Ladányi (b. 1972) is a Hungarian amateur astronomer and a member of the “The World At Night” group. He is interested in astrophotography and double stars, and (as of 2012 Nov.) the Washington Double Star Catalog contains two double stars discovered by him.Discovered 17 August 2006 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto

(210421) Freundtamas

Hungarian neurobiologist Tamás Freund (b. 1959) has been involved for over 30 years in functional anatomical studies on cortical microcircuits, employing combinations of immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy, and electrophysiology. He is an active science communicator.Discovered 19 December 2007 by K. Sarneczky, Piszkesteto

(549107) Hackitamas

Tamás Hacki (b. 1944) is a Hungarian ear, nose and throat specialist, university professor, and whistling artist. He started whistling at the age of five and his records have been released in several countries. He was the founder of the phoniatrics and paediatric audiology department of University Hospital in Regensburg.Discovered 31 January 2011 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti, Piszkesteto