Peter Kušnirák


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Peter Kušnirák is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and a prolific photometrist of light-curves at Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic. He was married to Slovak astronomer Ulrika Babiaková with whom he discovered 123647 Tomáško, named after their son Tomáško.
He was the principal observer to discover that the two main-belt asteroids 3073 Kursk and 5481 Kiuchi are in fact binary asteroids. In 1999, he discovered the Eunomian main-belt asteroid 24260 Kriváň, which he named after one Slovakia's national symbols, as well as 21656 Knuth and 20256 Adolfneckař, both located in the Aquarius constellation at the time. He is based out of numerous observatories in the Czech Republic, including the Ondřejov Observatory, and works solo or with partners.
The Flora asteroid 17260 Kušnirák, discovered by the U.S. LINEAR project at Lincoln Lab's ETS in 2000, is named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

November 15, 1999
18182 WienerAugust 27, 2000
18838 ShannonJuly 18, 1999
20495 Rimavská SobotaAugust 15, 1999
21656 KnuthAugust 9, 1999
22185 ŠtiavnicaDecember 29, 2000
22824 von NeumannSeptember 12, 1999
22901 IvanbellaOctober 12, 1999
24260 KriváňDecember 13, 1999
January 5, 2000
25384 PartizánskeOctober 18, 1999
25778 CsereFebruary 4, 2000
25864 BaničApril 8, 2000
26390 RušinOctober 19, 1999
26401 SobotišteNovember 19, 1999
26639 MurgašMay 5, 2000
26640 BahýľMay 9, 2000
26661 KempelenNovember 27, 2000
27525 VartovkaApril 29, 2000
28878 SegnerMay 26, 2000
30253 VítekApril 30, 2000
30252 TextorisováApril 30, 2000
May 30, 2000
32294 ZajoncAugust 26, 2000
32531 UlrikababiakováAugust 13, 2001
34753 ZdeněkmatyášAugust 24, 2001
36060 BabuškaSeptember 14, 1999
February 1, 2000
July 7, 2000
August 27, 2000
36888 ŠkrabalSeptember 29, 2000
37279 HukvaldyDecember 22, 2000
38684 VelehradOctober 25, 2000
August 26, 2000
December 20, 2000
December 29, 2000
40440 DobrovskýSeptember 11, 1999
40441 JungmannSeptember 11, 1999
40459 RektorysSeptember 14, 1999
40763 ZlochOctober 5, 1999
August 13, 1999
42998 MalinafrankOctober 17, 1999
November 19, 1999
January 6, 2000
44613 RudolfSeptember 8, 1999
September 10, 1999
October 13, 1999
November 15, 1999
November 16, 1999

82937 LesickiAugust 26, 2001
August 9, 1999
87088 JoannewheelerJune 2, 2000
89282 SuzieimberNovember 10, 2001
November 11, 2001
August 14, 1999
September 14, 1999
October 13, 1999
October 19, 1999
92389 GretskijMay 3, 2000
September 29, 2000
September 29, 2000
October 20, 2000
94556 JanstarýNovember 11, 2001
November 14, 2001
September 10, 1999
July 5, 2000
March 6, 2002
September 15, 1999
October 12, 1998
October 15, 1998
December 8, 1999
April 9, 2000
August 28, 2000
October 29, 2000
107054 DanielaJanuary 1, 2001
February 19, 2001
May 22, 2001
August 16, 2001
August 19, 2001
August 26, 2001
September 14, 2001
September 7, 2002
July 12, 2000
September 7, 2000
September 29, 2000
September 30, 2000
December 22, 2000
December 7, 2002
October 13, 1999
August 25, 2000
August 27, 2000
October 23, 2000
December 22, 2000
December 24, 2000
123647 TomáškoDecember 31, 2000
April 23, 2001
November 14, 2001
September 13, 1999
October 15, 1999

August 27, 2001
November 10, 2001
October 14, 2001
October 16, 1999
April 24, 2001
October 12, 1999
May 20, 2001
September 19, 2003
October 12, 1999
May 24, 2001
September 30, 2000
December 25, 2000
November 10, 2001
May 12, 2002
December 22, 2000
May 25, 2001
October 12, 1999
August 27, 2001
October 27, 2003
October 12, 1999
August 26, 2001
September 11, 1999
September 3, 2002
August 26, 2000
September 14, 1999
January 26, 2001
October 13, 1999
May 23, 2001
August 26, 2001
November 15, 1999
March 9, 2002
September 30, 2000
November 2, 2000
August 25, 2001
August 10, 1999
October 20, 2000
May 6, 2000
August 12, 2001
August 24, 2001
June 2, 2000
October 12, 2001
September 23, 2005
August 27, 2001
March 6, 2002
May 31, 2000
September 26, 2000
December 22, 2000
March 11, 2002
September 30, 2000
August 14, 2001