1605 Milankovitch | 13 April 1936 | MPC |
1700 Zvezdara | 26 August 1940 | MPC |
Petar Đurković (Петар Ђурковић, 1908–1981) was a Serbian astronomer known for discovering two asteroids in 1936 and 1940, respectively. [1] One is named for the Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković, [2] the other for Zvezdara, the hill in Belgrade where the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory is located. [3] [4]
Asteroid 1555 Dejan, discovered by Fernand Rigaux, was named after Đurković's son ( H 137). [5]