Margita Kresáková, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Slovak astronomer
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Place of Birth: Červená Skala, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
About Margita Kresáková
- Margita Kresáková (née Vozárová; 21 May 1927 – 1994) was a Slovak astronomer. She discovered comet C/1954 O1 on 28 July 1954, becoming just the second woman to discover a comet at the Skalnaté pleso Observatory.
- She married Slovak astronomer Lubor Kresák in 1954 and they had one daughter.Kresáková was a member of the International Astronomical Union.
- She wrote a 1966 paper on meteor stream activity.The minor planet 9821 Gitakresáková is named after her.
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