Juraj Tóth
Juraj Tóth is a Slovak astronomer, a professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava.
He had observed the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory,[1] the results of his observation was later published in the journal, Earth, Moon, and Planets.[2] His photograph of the Leonid meteor shower was credited by NASA.[3] He is currently a professor at Comenius University in the department of astronomy.[4] He is also a member of the International Astronomical Union[4] He has published in numerous journals on astronomy, specialising in meteoroids. His work, Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein, has been shown in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[5] He found in 2010 in the field expedition first piece of meteorite "Košice", which is 14. meteorites in the world with pedigree.
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
References
- ^ "Meteor Showers". American Meteor Society. Jan 5, 2009. http://www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Juraj Tóth, Leonard Kornos and Vladimir Porubcan (January 1998). "Photographic Leonids 1998 Observed at Modra Observatory". Earth, Moon, and Planets (Springer Netherlands) 82-83 (0): 285–294. doi:10.1023/A:1017078614847. http://www.springerlink.com/content/w4t315675u2j6156/. Retrieved 2010-01-25. ISSN 0167-9295 (Print) ISSN 1573-0794 (Online)
- ^ "NASA quest". NASA. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/astrobio/leonid/35.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ a b "Juraj Tóth". International Astronomical Union. August 26, 2009. http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/13187/. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein". The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008EM&P..102...59K. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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