Original sentence: Asteroid 43800 Kronk.He received a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1981.His most recent writing project has been the 6-volume Cometography series for Cambridge University Press.It has been referenced in numerous books and papers written on the subject.It is a catalog of 120 showers, where he provided a detailed history for each.Kronk's other passion is meteor showers and his book Meteor Showers was published in 1988.Louis Post-Dispatch article (May 11, 2004).Named after him.Perhaps as a result of this book, Kronk was chosen to join 38 other scientists in NASA's Leonid MAC 99, where NASA and US Air Force jets were used to fly over Europe to study the Leonid meteor shower during November 1999.They witnessed, studied, and imaged a meteor storm, when rates peaked at more than 3600 meteors per hour
Edited sentence: Kronk during Leonid MAC 99.Kronk received a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1981.The asteroid 43800 Kronk was named in his honor.thumb|250px|Gary W