Juraj Tóth

Juraj Tóth (born 28 March 1975) is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.^[2][3]

Juraj Tóth
Born	(1975-03-28) March 28, 1975 (age 50) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Alma mater	Comenius University
Known for	Discovery of minor planets
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Comenius University

Minor planets discovered: 16^[1]

(20664) 1999 UV4	October 31, 1999	[A] list
21802 Svoreň	October 6, 1999	[B] list
29824 Kalmančok	February 23, 1999	[B] list
(59378) 1999 FV3	March 19, 1999	[A] list
59389 Oskarvonmiller	March 24, 1999	[B] list
(59415) 1999 GJ	April 4, 1999	[A] list
(60009) 1999 TL17	October 15, 1999	[A] list
(67019) 1999 XF137	December 13, 1999	[B] list
(91156) 1998 QS60	August 31, 1998	[A] list
(102532) 1999 UU4	October 31, 1999	[A] list
(102626) 1999 VY27	November 15, 1999	[B] list
(118366) 1999 GK	April 5, 1999	[C] list
(121336) 1999 TF6	October 6, 1999	[B] list
(125372) 2001 VE72	November 15, 2001	[B] list
(216524) 2001 HM20	April 27, 2001	[A] list
(219090) 1998 RA	September 1, 1998	[A] list
Co-discoverers: A with A. Galád B with L. Kornoš C with D. Kalmančok

An expert in meteoroid fragmentation, he is known for his observations of the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory,^[4] which were later published in the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets.^[5] His photograph of the Leonid meteor shower was credited by NASA.^[6]

Tóth is a member of the International Astronomical Union and currently a professor at Comenius University in the department of astronomy.^[7] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 16 numbered minor planets between 1998 and 2001.^[1]

He has published in numerous journals on astronomy, mainly on meteoroids. His work, Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein, has been shown in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.^[8] In 2010, he led a field expedition, which found the first piece of the "Košice" meteorite fall.^[2] Košice is the 14th meteorite in the world with a pedigree.^{[citation needed]}

He is married and has three children.^[3]

The main-belt asteroid 24976 Jurajtoth, discovered by LONEOS in 1998, was named in his honor.^[2]

Publications

• Porubčan, V., Tóth, J., Yano, H.: On fragmentation of meteoroids in interplanetary space, Contrib. Astron. Obs. Skalnaté Pleso, 32, 132 - 144. (2002)
• Vereš, P.; Kornos, L.; Tóth, J.: Search for very close approaching NEAs, Contrib. Astron. Obs. Skalnat´e Pleso 36, 171 – 180, (2006)
• Vereš, P.; Klačka, J.; Kómar1, L.; Tóth, J.: Motion of a Meteoroid Released from an Asteroid , Earth, Moon, and Planets v.102:1-4, p. 47-51. (June, 2008)
• Tóth, J.; Kornos, L.; Porubčan, V.: Photographic Leonids 1998 Observed at Modra Observatory, Earth, Moon, and Planets v.82-83:0, 285-294.
• Kornoš, L.; Tóth, J.; Vereš, P.: Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein, Earth, Moon, and Planets, v.102:1-4, 59-65