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Ľubor Kresák
Ľubor
Kresák
was a
Slovak
astronomer
.
He
discovered
two comets: the
periodic comet
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
and the
non-periodic
C/1954 M2
.
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.