Juraj Tóth is a Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

, a professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava

Comenius University in Bratislava

Comenius University in Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th century Czech teacher and philosopher.In 2006, Comenius...

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He had observed the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory

Modra Observatory

The Astronomical Observatory of Modra , also known as Modra Observatory or the Astronomical and Geophysical observatory in Modra, is an astronomical observatory located in Modra, Slovakia. It is owned and operated by the Comenius University in Bratislava...

, the results of his observation was later published in the journal, Earth, Moon, and Planets

Earth, Moon, and Planets

Earth, Moon, and Planets is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published approximately ten times per year by Springer Science+Business Media. It was established in 1969 under the title The Moon, was known as The Moon and the Planets from 1978 to 1983, and was first published under the current...

. His photograph of the Leonid meteor shower was credited by NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

. He is currently a professor at Comenius University in the department of astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

. He is also a member of the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...

 He has published in numerous journals on astronomy, specialising in meteoroid

Meteoroid

A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite...

s. His work, Orbital Evolution of Příbram and Neuschwanstein, has been shown in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it is joined with the Harvard College Observatory to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics .-History:The SAO was founded in 1890 by...

. 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

External links

• Web page at Comenius University