+ Minor planets discovered: 16 October 31, 1999 21802 Svoreň October 6, 1999 29824 Kalmančok February 23, 1999 March 19, 1999 59389 Oskarvonmiller March 24, 1999 (59415) 1999 GJ April 4, 1999 October 15, 1999 December 13, 1999 August 31, 1998 October 31, 1999 November 15, 1999 (118366) 1999 GK April 5, 1999 October 6, 1999 November 15, 2001 April 27, 2001 (219090) 1998 RA September 1, 1998 Co-discoverers: with A. Galád with L. Kornoš with D. Kalmančok
Juraj Tóth (born 28 March 1975) is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
An expert in meteoroid fragmentation, he is known for his observations of the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory, which were later published in the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets. His photograph of the Leonid meteor shower was credited by NASA.
Tóth is a member of the International Astronomical Union and currently a professor at Comenius University in the department of astronomy. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 16 numbered minor planets between 1998 and 2001.
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. In 2010, he led a field expedition, which found the first piece of the "Košice" meteorite fall. Košice is the 14th meteorite in the world with a pedigree.
He is married and has three children.
The main-belt asteroid 24976 Jurajtoth, discovered by LONEOS in 1998, was named in his honor.
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
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External links Juraj Tóth at Comenius University CV , Juraj Tóth