În ultimele luni au apărut noi nume românești pe cer, în centura de asteroizi.

Câțiva asteroizi au primit nume de români, de persoane din domeniul astronomiei profesioniste și de amatori, de profesori și unul al unui regizor francez de origine română (Radu Mihăileanu).

Toți asteroizii în afară de unul au fost descoperiți în cadrul programului de observații EURONEAR.

Iată care sunt noile nume românești de pe cer: (763488) Oniciuc, (767828) Conovici, (769288) Varadinagypal, (773258) Corpodean, (783839) Vasilechirila, (790726) Șerbu, (801007) Stefanpopcot , (801684) Pera, (801733) Maxteodorescu, (814147) Vladturcu, (814148) Alexandrupop, (783129) Danescu, (646505) Mihăileanu, (788764) Alexandrumironov.

Iată și citațiile oficiale:

(763488) Oniciuc = 2012 DZ51
Discovery: 2012-02-26 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Grigoruță Oniciuc (b. 1961) is a Romanian physics teacher at and director of the
National College Petru Rareş in Piatra Neamţ. Excelling in astronomical education, he
organized two International Astronomy Olympiads. Since 2010, his pupils have gained 75
national prizes, while other Romanian pupils trained by him gained 100 international
medals.

(767828) Conovici = 2014 YL74
Discovery: 2014-12-26 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Matei Conovici (b. 1978) is a Romanian amateur astronomer and software engineer. In
2011 he built his Ostrov Observatory, a roll-off dome used mainly for astrophotography,
then helped two friends to build theirs. He participated in the EURONEAR SuprimeCam
data mining project.

(769288) Varadinagypal = 2015 MT66
Discovery: 2015-04-30 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Pal Varadi Nagy (b. 1985) is a Hungarian-Romanian software engineer and amateur
astronomer, writer and former radio presenter. A sidewalk astronomer guiding public
stargazing events, astrophotographer and host of a radio show about astronomy, Pal
published an atlas of full disk spectroheliograms based on his observations made in Cluj-
Napoca.

(773258) Corpodean = 2018 VW131
Discovery: 2018-11-06 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Ioan Mircea Corpodean (b. 1938) is a Romanian electrician and amateur astronomer. A
member and past president of the Victor Anestin astroclub, he performed outreach
activities at the Dealu Alunis private observatory such as public sidewalk stargazing and
gave talks at the Municipal Culture House.

(783839) Vasilechirila = 2014 VY21
Discovery: 2014-09-02 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Vasile Chirila (b. 1959) is a Romanian amateur astronomer. Founder and president of
the Astronomical and Nautical Association AstroNauticus, he has participated in stargazing
activities and education workshops. Vasile has co-authored several books, including
Astronavigația de la gnomon și astrolab la sextantul Apollo.

(790726) Șerbu = 2018 VL193
Discovery: 2018-11-05 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Florin Șerbu (b. 1957) is a Romanian physics teacher and former director of Carmen
Sylva high school in Eforie Sud. A science and astronomy educator, he equipped schools
with telescopes, and co-authored books, articles and educational software.

(801007) Stefanpopcot = 2014 NB80
Discovery: 2014-07-10 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Stefan Pop-Cot (b. 1985) is a Romanian astronomer and photographer from Cluj-
Napoca. Vice-president of two national astroclubs, he is active in public outreach and
stargazing, founding the Mobile Astronomical Observatory, organizing star parties,
astrophotography exhibitions, workshops, educational events and donating refurbished
telescopes.

(801684) Pera = 2014 WP125
Discovery: 2014-09-02 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Emil-Stefan Pera (b. 1980) is a Romanian dentist and amateur astronomer. A passionate
astrophotographer who has gained national and international awards, he offers
astrophotography classes. Emil is a member of the Romanian Society for Cultural
Astronomy and is building his own astronomical observatory in Reșița.

(801733) Maxteodorescu = 2014 WS267
Discovery: 2014-09-01 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Maximilian Teodorescu (b. 1983) is a Romanian researcher at the Institute of Space
Science, having experience in plasma, instrumentation and observations. Max has
continued his amateur astronomy passion, excelling in astrophotography of Sun, Moon and
comets, and participating in public outreach, educational and stargazing activities.

(814147) Vladturcu = 2008 EB145
Discovery: 2008-03-11 / EURONEAR / La Silla / 809
Vlad Turcu (b. 1964) is a Romanian astronomer of the Astronomical Institute of the
Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca branch. Vlad is experienced in instrumentation and
electronics, and his observational programs include near-earth asteroids, artificial satellites
and variable stars, in both optical and radio domains.
(814148) Alexandrupop = 2008 EW154

Discovery: 2008-03-11 / EURONEAR / La Silla / 809
Alexandru Pop (b. 1962) is a Romanian astronomer of the Astronomical Institute of the
Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca branch. He has specialized in time-series analysis of
astronomical data for variable stars and asteroids.

(783129) Danescu = 2014 OS442
Discovery: 2014-07-29 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Cristian Danescu (b. 1965) is a Romanian researcher at the Romanian Astronomical
Institute. A former amateur astronomer, he has constructed four observing facilities,
including his backyard observatory in Păulești.

(646505) Mihăileanu = 2008 DF17
Discovery: 2008-02-28 / J.-C. Merlin / Nogales / 926
Radu Mihăileanu (b. 1958) is a Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter.
He won numerous awards at film festivals, and his most notable films are Le concert and
Train of Life. For the latter, he received two awards at the Venice International Film
Festival in 1998.

(788764) Alexandrumironov = 2017 FZ83
Discovery: 2014-09-22 / EURONEAR / Roque de los Muchachos / 950
Alexandru Mironov (b. 1942) is a Romanian science journalist. He was the founder of
the Știință și Tehnică (Science and Technology) magazine and was an early promoter of
science fiction in Romania. A former radio and TV staffer, he produced 4500 broadcasts
and was a special guest at conferences, writing 30 books and about 3000 articles.

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