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![]() The researcher and asteroid hunter.
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Born |
Budapest Hungary |
November 6, 1974
Nationality | Hungarian |
Alma mater | University of Szeged |
Children | 1 |
Website | titan |
Krisztián Sárneczky (born 6 November 1974 in Budapest) is a Hungarian teacher of geography,astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets, researching at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. He is a board member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA) and member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, leader of the Comet Section of the HAA, and is a contributor in the editorial work of Hungarian Astronomical Almanach.
In 1990 he joined the Hungarian Astronomical Association and became the Co-ordinator of the Cometary Section the same year. In 1994 he became a member of the Executive Committee and in 1996 he was appointed secretary. In 1996 he also joined the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).
Krisztián Sárneczky has published a number of articles in the astronomy community, and has a large number of asteroid discoveries to his credit (see § Discoveries).
As of 2016, Krisztián Sárneczky is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 361 numbered minor planets during 2000–2012.