Pavel “Balvan” Jurašek (1955-2008) was a professional meteorologist and since 2006 director of the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute in Košice). Interested in observing meteors, he was a member of the Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers and the Slovak Astronomical Society.
Discovered on 22-2-1996 in Modra by Galad, A., Pravda, A.