Ľubor Kresák, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ľubor Kresák

slovak astronomist and university educator

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1927

Place of Birth: Topoľčany, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1994

Profession: astronomer, pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lubor Kresák (23 August 1927 in Topolcany – 20 January 1994 in Bratislava) was a Slovak astronomer.He discovered two comets: the periodic comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and the non-periodic C/1954 M2 (Kresak-Peltier). He also suggested in 1978 that the Tunguska event was a fragment of the periodic comet Encke. The asteroid 1849 Kresák was named in his honor. His wife Margita Kresáková was also an astronomer.