----------------------------------- ovidiuv 03 Mar 2022 02:36 5 nume noi de asteroizi EURONEAR ----------------------------------- De curand, numele a 5 membrii si colaboratori EURONEAR au urcat pe cer, intre care 3 romani: Five asteroids are flying on sky newly named by the IAU since 28 Feb 2022, when its WGSBN minor body naming committee included the following former or actual members, active collaborators and few asteroid discoverers who contributed actively during past years to EURONEAR: (562964) Hudin, (564280) Tudorica, (574300) Curelaru, (579890) Mocnik, and (580301) Aznarmacias. Congrats and thanks to all for their valuable voluntary work in this project! (562964) Hudin = 2016 BM22 Discovery: 2014-06-03 / EURONEAR * / La Palma / 950 Lucian Hudin (b. 1975) is a Romanian amateur astronomer and computer programmer who owns a small roll-off observatory in Cluj-Napoca. A very active member of the EURONEAR project using the Issac Newton Telescope, he was involved in data reduction of near Earth asteroids, discovering seven such bodies and other minor planets. (564280) Tudorica = 2016 GU65 Discovery: 2013-09-08 / O. Vaduvescu, P. van Oers * / La Palma / 950 Alexandru Tudorica (b. 1987) is a Romanian pro-am astronomer who obtained his PhD from the University of Bonn with a thesis on Weak Gravitational Lensing Magnification. His other interests have been near-Earth asteroids within the EURONEAR project, globular clusters, and the popularization of science. (574300) Curelaru = 2010 GX202 Discovery: 2014-07-10 / O. Vaduvescu, O. Zamora * / La Palma / 950 Lucian Curelaru (b. 1976) is a Romanian amateur astronomer and software developer, and a member and sysadmin of the EURONEAR project. Interested in astrometry of asteroids and double stars from data mining and observations, he has also contributed to software development for astronomical research projects. (579890) Mocnik = 2014 XT14 Discovery: 2014-08-01 / EURONEAR * / La Palma / 950 Teo Mocnik (b. 1989) is a Slovenian astronomer currently working at Gemini North. Although his main research interest is exoplanets, during his ING studentship he performed observations of hundreds of asteroids, discovering a few near- Earth asteroid candidates and other minor planets as part of the EURONEAR project. (580301) Aznarmacías = 2015 BD238 Discovery: 2014-09-23 / O. Vaduvescu, M. Hollands * / La Palma / F51 Amadeo Aznar Macías (b. 1974) is a Spanish pro-am astronomer expert in asteroid photometry and binary asteroids, namely near Earth, Mars-crossings and main belt asteroids. He is a member of the EURONEAR project, an Asteroid Day regional coordinator, and a prolific disseminator of astronomy through mass media and public conferences. WGSBN Bull 2022 Vol 2 #3 https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/.../V002/WGSBNBull_V002_003.pdf ----------------------------------- Erwin 03 Mar 2022 09:17 ----------------------------------- Felicitãri! ----------------------------------- MariusP 03 Mar 2022 09:34 ----------------------------------- Felicitari! Cei trei romani sunt si colegii nostri: (Lucian Hudin), (Alex Tudorica) si (Lucian Curelaru)! Se alatura celorlalti 2 colegi: (Ovidiu Vaduvescu) si (Adrian Sonka), dupa care s-au numit asteroizii (36340) Vaduvescu si (31569) Adriansonka in 2021 (https://www.astro-urseanu.ro/romanipecer.html).