Milan Rastislav Štefánik (July 21, 1880 in Košariská (Kosaras), Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia)
was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer.
During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War,
one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council (i.e. resistance government),
contributed decisively to the cause of Czechoslovak sovereignty.
Štefánik's personal motto was:
To Believe, To Love and To Work (Veri, milova, pracova).
At published coordinates you can visit Štefánik's birthplace and small museum in village of Kosariská, western Slovakia.
Replica of his telescope is installed nearby.
3571 Milanštefánik is a main belt asteroid, discovered by astronomer Antonín Mrkos on 15th March 1982 in
Klet observatory (Czechoslovakia).
24kms-wide asteroid orbits around the Sun in average distance 587 million kms with orbital period 2843 days (7.78 years).
Asteroid was named after astronomer Štefánik, who worked in observatory Meudon in years 1905 - 1907 and established new observatory on Tahiti.
He obtained Jansen prize in 1907 and Wild priz in 1911.
Milan Rastislav Štefánik (* 21. júl 1880, Kosariska, okres Myjava Rakusko-Uhorsko – † 4. maj 1919, Most pri Bratislave CSR) bol slovensky astronom, politik, general francuzskej armady.
V rokoch 1914 – 1918 organizoval cesko-slovenske legie v Srbsku, Rumunsku, Rusku, Taliansku a v roku 1918 protisovietsku intervenciu na Sibiri.
Taktiez bol clenom Narodnej rady v Parizi a prvy cesko-slovensky minister vojny. Zahynul pri leteckej katastrofe pri navrate na Slovensko.
Na tomto mieste najdete jeho rodny dom a male muzeum v Kosariskach. Nedaleko je vystavena zaujimava replika jeho hvezdarskeho dalekohladu.
V rokoch 1905 – 1907 pracoval na observatoriu v Meudone a na ostrove Tahiti vybudoval novú hvezdaren. V roku 1907 dostal Janssenovu cenu a v roku 1911 Wildovu cenu.
(3571) Milanštefánik je planetka, ktoru objavil Antonin Mrkos vecer dna 15. marca 1982 na juhoceskej hvezdarni Klet.
Planetka obieha okolo Slnka v strednej vzdialenosti 587 mil. km po mierne excentrickej drahe s dobou obehu 7,78 roku (2843 dni) a patri do skupiny Hilda.
K Zemi sa priblizuje na minimalnu vzdialenost 366 mil. kilometrov a jej velkost je odhadovana na 24km.