{{Short description|Hungarian astronomer (born 1932)}} {{expand Hungarian|topic=bio|Almár Iván|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox person | image = Dr. Iván Almár.jpg | caption = Almár in March 2011 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|4|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = Budapest, Hungary | occupation = Astronomer }} '''Iván Almár''' (born April 21, 1932 in Budapest) is a Hungarian astronomer.<ref name="MPC-object" /> He proposed the San Marino Scale as a means of assessing risks related to extraterrestrial communication.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tough, Allen |url=http://ieti.org/who/almar.htm |title=Invitation to ETI: Ivan Almar |publisher=Ieti.org |date=2008-03-21 |accessdate=2013-07-20}}</ref> Almár also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Asteroid 191856&nbsp;Almáriván, discovered by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at the Piszkéstető Station in 2004, was named in his honor.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|191856|naming citation}} was published by the Minor Planet Center on 10 December 2011 ({{small|M.P.C. 77509}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" /> He was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame on 23 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-24 |title=Hungarian Astronomer Inducted into the Space Scientists’ Hall of Fame |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-astronomer-inducted-into-the-space-scientists-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-12-27 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref>

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<ref name="MPC-object">{{cite web |title = 191856 Almarivan (2004 VW69) |work = Minor Planet Center |url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=191856 |accessdate = 23 August 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web |title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive |work = Minor Planet Center |url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html |accessdate = 23 August 2019}}</ref>

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