Milorad B. Protić

Short description: Serbian astronomer

Milorad B. Protić

Minor planets discovered: 7 [1] 1517 Beograd | March 20, 1938

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1550 Tito | November 29, 1937
1554 Yugoslavia | September 6, 1940
1564 Srbija | October 15, 1936
1675 Simonida | March 20, 1938
2244 Tesla | October 22, 1952
2348 Michkovitch | January 10, 1939

Milorad B. Protić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Б. Протић; 19 September 1911, Belgrade – 29 October 2001, Belgrade) was a Serbian astronomer, discoverer of comets and minor planets, and three times director of the Belgrade Observatory.[2]

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 7 numbered asteroids during 1936–1952,[1] including 1675 Simonida, named after queen Simonida, wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin, and 2348 Michkovitch, a rare Erigone asteroid named after Vojislav Mišković (1892–1976), who was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and head of the Belgrade Observatory.[3] Protić also independently discovered comet C/1947 Y1.[2]

He died on 29 October 2001 in Belgrade. The main-belt asteroid 22278 Protitch, discovered by Henri Debehogne at ESO's Chilean La Silla site in 1983, was named in his memory.[2] Naming citation was published on 30 December 2001 (M.P.C. 44186).[4]

Also, the outer main-belt asteroid 1724 Vladimir is named after Protić's grandson, while 5397 Vojislava is named after Vojislava Protić-Benišek, his daughter, who has been a member of the observatory's staff since 1972, where she continues her father's work on celestial mechanics and minor planets, together with her son.

## See also

* Category:Erigone asteroids

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(22278) Protitch". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (22278) Protitch. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 869. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9705. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. ↑ "2348 Michkovitch (1939 AA)". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2348. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
4. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

## External links

* OBITUARY MILORAD B. PROTI´C
* Kosmička Srbija između Marsa i Jupitera at naslovi.net

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