Korado Korlević

Korado Korlević (born Poreč, 1958) is a Croatian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids (1197 as of January 2007, ranging from 7364 Otonkučera to mp|(137971) 2000 CQ|39, and has also discovered two comets: 183P/Korlević-Jurić and mpl|P/1999 WJ|7 (Comet Korlević) .

Career

Korlević became active in astronomy during his college years in Pula, where he became active within a local amateur astronomical society. He spent the next few years honing his art, by making telescopes and teaching others, including teaching posts at the Amateur Astronomical Society of Višnjan. In 1981 Korlević was qualified with a B.Sc. from the pedagogical faculty of Rijeka. Towards the end of the 1980s, after some time teaching at polytechnic schools, he co-founded the Yugoslav School of Astronomy, later known as the Višnjan School of Astronomy.

Within this organisation he was able to study meteors and asteroids more seriously, and played a central role in the forming of the International Meteor Organisation as the organization formed. Korlević participated in the first International Tunguska Expedition. Motivated by new lines of research raise by this expedition, Korlević set about replacing the Višnjan Observatory's telescope, which had been badly damaged during the Croatian War. In 1995 this new telescope produced the first astrometric line, and soon Korlević and his colleagues had discovered previously undiscovered asteroids, a big breakthrough for Croatian astronomy.

Korlević the Educator

Korado Korlević was the editor of "Nebeske krijesnice", an astronomy newsletter, and an often-quoted expert for astronomical articles on the topic of small bodies and impact. The teaching of astronomy, and passing his enthusiasm for it onto younger generations, is still a central priority for Korlević, and he spends much time teaching.

Affiliations

Korlević is a member of the following organisations:
* International Meteor Organization
* The Planetary Society
* Spaceguard Foundation
* Astronomical Society of the Pacific
* ECHA (European Council for High Ability)
* National Geographic Society
* Croatian entomological society
* Lions International

Awards and honours

* Poreč city prize "San Mauro" — "for educational achievements"
* Asteroid 10201 was named "Korado" — "for his educational, astronomical and social contribution"
* Edgar Wilson Award 1999 — "for comet discovery"
* Edgar Wilson Award 2000 — "for comet discovery"
* Ivan Filipović Award 2002 — Croatian Ministry of Education

ee also

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External links

* [http://www.astro.hr/~korado/ Home page]