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Milan Antal

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Slovak astronomer

Milan Antal (1935–1999) was aSlovak astronomer.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

While working atSkalnaté Pleso Observatory and at theToruń Centre for Astronomy from 1971–1988, he discovered 17minor planets,^[1] including the asteroid1807 Slovakia and the three unnamed Jupiter trojans(5025) 1986 TS6,(6545) 1986 TR6 and(7641) 1986 TT6. A distinguished observer of comets and minor planets, he has determined exactastrometric positions from photographic plates for many thousands of small Solar System bodies.^[2]

The main-belt asteroid6717 Antal, discovered by German astronomersFreimut Börngen andLutz Schmadel in 1990, is named in his honour.^[2]

^^a ^b"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)".Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved7 June 2016.
^^a ^b ^cSchmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6717) Antal".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6717) Antal. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 551.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6054.ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^"Conditions of competition Astrofoto 2010" (in Slovak and English). Slovak Central Observatory Hurbanovo. Retrieved5 December 2010.
^Tučeková, Z."Comenius University in Bratislava homepage" (in Slovak and English). Retrieved5 December 2010.
^"Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republich homepage" (in Czech and English). Retrieved5 December 2010.

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