Milan Antal

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Minor planets discovered: 17<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
1807 Slovakia 20 August 1971 Template:Small
3393 Štúr 28 November 1984 Template:Small
3730 Hurban 4 December 1983 Template:Small
4573 Piešťany 5 October 1986 Template:Small
5025 Mecisteus 5 October 1986 Template:Small
6545 Leitus 5 October 1986 Template:Small
7641 Cteatus 5 October 1986 Template:Small
9543 Nitra 4 December 1983 Template:Small
10293 Pribina 5 October 1986 Template:Small
11014 Svätopluk 23 August 1982 Template:Small
13916 Bernolák 23 August 1982 Template:Small
16435 Fándly 7 November 1988 Template:Small
19955 Hollý 28 November 1984 Template:Small
20991 Jánkollár 28 November 1984 Template:Small
23444 Kukučín 5 October 1986 Template:Small
Template:Mp 5 October 1986 Template:Small
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Milan Antal (1935–1999) was a Slovak astronomer.<ref name="springer-Antal" /><ref name="Astrofoto" /><ref name="uniba" /><ref name="ASU" />

While working at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy from 1971–1988, he discovered 17 minor planets,<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> including the asteroid 1807 Slovakia and the three unnamed Jupiter trojans Template:Mpl, Template:Mpl and Template:Mpl. A distinguished observer of comets and minor planets, he has determined exact astrometric positions from photographic plates for many thousands of small Solar System bodies.<ref name="springer-Antal" />

The main-belt asteroid 6717 Antal, discovered by German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz Schmadel in 1990, is named in his honour.<ref name="springer-Antal" />

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