Antonín Mrkos - Stremchovi, Czech Republic - Childhood Homes on Waymarking.com

Antonín Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia. It was from here that he carried out his extremely active cometary programme and became the discoverer of several unusual comets, the most famous of them the bright Comet 1957d.

He was the second Czech in Antarctica and the first Czechoslovak to reach the Southern pole of inaccessibility as a member of the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1957–1959).

He discovered or co-discovered thirteen comets. Among these were the periodic comets 18D/Perrine–Mrkos, 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková, 124P/Mrkos and 143P/Kowal–Mrkos. He also discovered the bright non-periodic comet C/1957 P1 (or, in the nomenclature of the time, comet 1957d). He discovered a number of asteroids (273 in total), including the Amor asteroid 5797 Bivoj and Trojan asteroid 3451 Mentor.

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Plaque Inscription:
CZ: Zde se narodil Doc. RNDr. Antonín Mrkos CSc.
1918-1996, svetoznámý astronom, polárník, optik, horolezec a meterolog

Name of Famous Person: Antonín Mrkos Physical Address: Stremchovi, Czech Republic What is this person famous for?: Astronomer, explorer, optician, climber and meteorologist Website verifying legitimacy of site: [Web Link] Additional Website verifying Site legitimacy: [Web Link] Personal Experience: Stremchovi is a village in South Moravian Region; the plaque is located on the wall of childhood home of Antonín Mrkos Other information about area: Not listed

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