Ulrika Babiaková

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List of discovered asteroids : 12
(15053) Bochníček 1 December 17, 1998
(22185) Štiavnica 2 December 29, 2000
(22644) Matejbel 1 July 27, 1998
(49436) 1998 YX 2 1 December 17, 1998
(72062) 2000 YR 17 2 December 24, 2000
(72070) 2000 YC 33 2 December 31, 2000
(82809) 2001 QK 33 2 August 17, 2001
(82908) 2001 QU 100 2 August 19, 2001
(104650) 2000 GY 132 2 April 9, 2000
(109096) 2001 QJ 33 2 August 16, 2001
(123613) 2000 YQ 17 2 December 24, 2000
(123647) 2000 YG 66 2 December 31, 2000

Ulrika Babiaková (born April 3, 1976 in Banská Štiavnica ; † November 3, 2002 in Piešťany ) was a Slovak astronomer and asteroid discoverer. She was married to the astronomer Peter Kušnirák .

Between 1998 and 2001, Babiaková discovered a total of twelve asteroids together with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák at the Czech observatory Ondřejov .

She died in an accident at the age of 26. The asteroid (32531) Ulrikababiaková , discovered by Peter Kušnirák, was named after her on October 8, 2014 .

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  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers