Ulrika Babiaková

Ulrika Babiaková (3 April 1976 – 3 November 2002) was a Slovak astronomer and discoverer of minor planets from Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 14 asteroids during 1998–2001.^[1][2][3]

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Born	3 April 1976
Died	3 November 2002 (2002-11-04) (aged 26)
Nationality	Slovak
Occupation	Astronomer
Known for	Discovery of 14 asteroids during 1998–2001
Spouse	Peter Kušnirák

Minor planets discovered: 14^[1]

15053 Bochníček[1]	17 December 1998
22185 Štiavnica[2]	29 December 2000
22644 Matejbel[1]	27 July 1998
(49436) 1998 YX2[1]	17 December 1998
(72062) 2000 YR17[2]	24 December 2000
(72070) 2000 YC33[2]	31 December 2000
(82809) 2001 QK33[2]	17 August 2001
(82908) 2001 QU100[2]	19 August 2001
(104650) 2000 GY132[2]	9 April 2000
(109096) 2001 QJ33[2]	16 August 2001
(123613) 2000 YQ17[2]	24 December 2000
123647 Tomáško[2]	31 December 2000
(165712) 2001 QV33[2]	17 August 2001
(334076) 2001 QW33[2]	17 August 2001
1 with Petr Pravec 2 with Peter Kušnirák

Babiaková died at the age of 26 in an accident.

The main-belt asteroid 32531 Ulrikababiaková, discovered by astronomer and husband Peter Kušnirák in 2001, was named in her memory on 8 October 2014 (M.P.C. 90379).^[3][4]