Asteroids discovered: 21 1436 Salonta December 11, 1936 1441 Bolyai November 26, 1937 1442 Corvina December 29, 1937 1444 Pannonia January 6, 1938 1445 Konkolya January 6, 1938 1452 Hunnia February 26, 1938 1489 Attila April 12, 1939 1513 Mátra March 10, 1940 1538 Detre September 8, 1940 1546 Izsák September 28, 1941 1710 Gothard October 20, 1941 2043 Ortutay November 12, 1936 2058 Róka January 22, 1938 2242 Balaton October 13, 1936 2712 Keaton December 29, 1937 2738 Viracocha March 12, 1940 3019 Kulin January 7, 1940 3380 Awaji March 15, 1940 3427 Szentmártoni January 6, 1938 7317 Cabot March 12, 1940 10258 Sárneczky January 6, 1940
György Kulin (28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Nagyszalonta and died in Budapest.
He discovered 21 asteroids and is a co-discoverer of the comet C/1942 C1 (Whipple–Bernasconi–Kulin). In addition to astronomy he also wrote some science fiction.(Remembering György Kulin) The asteroid 3019 Kulin was named in his honor.
References
External links Kulin György emlékoldal (Remembering György Kulin) – impressive website associated with the celebrations held in January 2005, the centenary of his birth, with picture gallery and downloadable (but large) sound and video files. Includes comprehensive bibliography. The site is in Hungarian. Accessed 20 July 2005