Mario Jurić

Mario Jurić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâːrio jǔːrit͡ɕ]; born 9 February 1979) is a Croatian astronomer.

For soccer player, see Mario Jurić (footballer).
Mario Jurić
Jurić in 2022
Born (1979-02-09) February 9, 1979
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Zagreb, Croatia)
Occupations
  • astronomer
  • astrophysicist
Minor planets discovered: 125 
see § List of discovered minor planets

Jurić was born in Zagreb. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, and received a doctorate at Princeton University in 2007. He is the Data Management Project Scientist for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.

Together with prolific amateur astronomer Korado Korlević, Jurić has co-discovered 125 asteroids, and one comet, 183P/Korlević-Jurić. He took part in discovery of the Sloan Great Wall, at the time the largest known structure in the Universe. His co-discovery, the Koronian asteroid 22899 Alconrad is one of the smallest known binary asteroids in the main-belt.

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