Korado Korlevic is the leader of
educational activities at the Visnjan Observatory. With more than
20 years of experience in the field of education, he is currently
working on the problematic of gifted child's motivation. Astronomy,
computer science and especially the Internet are being used as
part of this research. Motivated by the problem of bright fireballs
and the analysis of the 1908 Tunguska asteroid explosion samples,
he initiated the work on asteroids and comets astrometry at the
Visnjan Observatory. In 1995. Mr. Korlevic with associates made
the first discovery of an asteroid from Croatia, and in the 1999
he discovered the first NEO (Near Earth Object) from Croatia.
Currently, Korado Korlevic edits the "Nebeske krijesnice" newsletter.
He is a referee for journals specialized in small bodies of the
Solar System and impact topics. He authored or co-authored a number
of articles on NEO astrometry, astronomical instruments, meteor
observations, micrometeorite analysis, optimizations of the asteroid
and comets astrometry and methods of creative thinking.
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