Áron László Süli

assistant professor

PhD (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2004)

Corresponding member of HAS (2008)

 

Room(s): Lágymányos Campus, Northern Building 6.69
Phone(s): +36-36-372-2946
Extension(s): +36-1-372-2500 / 6623
Homepage: astro.elte.hu
Email: uh.etle.ktt@nora.ilus

Biography:

Áron László Süli is an astronomer at the Department of Astronomy of Eötvös Loránd University and a research associate at the Konkoly Observatory of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, part of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He obtained his MSc degree in Astronomy from Eötvös University in 1998, and earned his PhD in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Bálint Érdi. His doctoral thesis focused on the fundamental secular frequencies of planetary systems.

His main research interests lie in the general field of celestial mechanics. He studies the dynamical evolution and stability of planetary systems using both numerical and analytical methods. Recent observational breakthroughs — such as the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets, direct imaging of protoplanetary disks, and the discovery of the Solar System’s Kuiper Belt — have significantly advanced the field of planet formation. Dr. Süli is particularly interested in understanding the dynamical processes that shape the formation and architecture of planetary systems.

His current research focuses on the collisions of planetesimals and their role in the formation of planetary cores, both terrestrial and giant, through repeated impacts. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the initial conditions and mechanisms that govern the early evolution of planetary systems.

Other areas of his research include:
- Long-term stability of planetary systems
- The restricted three-body problem
- Orbital resonances and chaotic behavior
- Chaos detection methods in celestial dynamics
- The dynamics of exoplanetary systems

Links to associated scientific database profiles:

• Publications in MTMT
• Publications in ORCID
• Publications in ResearcherID
• Publications in Scopus
• Publications in Google Scholar

Selected publications of recent years:

1. The evolution of collision debris near the ν6 secular resonance and its role in the origin of terrestrial water, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 528, Issue 2, pp.3171-3185
2. Statistics of collision parameters computed from 2D simulations, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 503, Issue 4, pp.4700-4718