You have full access to this open access chapter, Download reference work entry PDF
1942 AB. Discovered 1942 Jan. 14 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
Named in honor of Luboš Kresák {1927–1994}, astronomer at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Well-known for his theoretical work on meteors and the question of their relationship with comets and minor planets, he has also been an observer at the Skalnaté Pleso {see planet (2619)} Observatory, where in 1951 he rediscovered the short-period comet now known as Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák {see planets (5036) and (1756) for the codiscoverers}. He was president of IAU Commission 20 for the period 1973–1976. (M 3935)
Obituaries published in Icarus, Vol. 109, No. 1, p. 1 (1994); WGN, Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 1–2 (1994); IAU Symp. No. 160, p. 75–76 (1994); Planet. Space Sci., Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 99 (1994); Q.J.R. Astron. Soc., Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 579 (1994).
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer-Verlag
About this entry
Cite this entry
(2003). (1849) Kresák. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1850
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1850
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-00238-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-29925-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive