Milorad B. Protic
Milorad B. Protić (Милорад Б. Протић; born August 6, 1911 in Belgrade ; † October 29, 2001 ibid) was a Yugoslav astronomer .
Protić was one of the first asteroid discoverers of the former Yugoslavia. He also discovered comet C / 1947 Y1 . The seven asteroids he discovered all have names related to his homeland:
The asteroid (1517) Beograd bears the name of the then Yugoslav capital Belgrade , while (1550) Tito is named after the former head of state Josip Broz Tito and (1554) Yugoslavia is named after the former state of Yugoslavia . (1564) Srbija is reminiscent of Serbia .
The asteroid (1675) Simonida is named after the wife of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin , Queen Simonida . Other Serbian personalities were honored with the asteroids (2244) Tesla - after the inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla - and (2348) Michkovitch , the latter named after the SANU member Vojislav V. Mišković .
Protić himself was dedicated to the asteroid (22278) Protitch on December 30, 2001 for his work in the fields of fundamental astronomy and celestial mechanics and as the three-time director of the Belgrade Observatory . The asteroid (1724) Vladimir is named after his grandson .
Web links
- Obituary by Milorad B. Protić (PDF; 60 kB)
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SURNAME | Protić, Milorad B. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Протић, Милорад Б. (Serbian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1911 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade , Yugoslavia |
DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 2001 |
Place of death | Belgrade , Serbia |