Czech astronomer, asteroid discoverer
Lenka Kotková (née Šarounová ; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets .
She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), located near Prague .[2] Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera [3] and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann .[4]
Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague . Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stellar department as an observant with a two-metre Ondřejov telescope.
In the year 2000 she received the Zdeněk Kvíz Award of the Czech Astronomical Society for significant work in the research of variable stars .
The asteroid 10390 Lenka , discovered by her colleagues Petr Pravec and Marek Wolf in 1997, is named after her.[2] The asteroid 60001 Adélka , discovered by her in 1999, is named after her daughter,[5] while 7897 Bohuška , discovered by her in 1995, is named after her mother.[6]
List of discovered minor planets [ edit ]
important; height: 324px; (40137) 1998 QO60 28 August 1998 list 40410 Příhoda 4 September 1999 list (40718) 1999 SU2 21 September 1999 list (41222) 1999 XH15 2 December 1999 list (41473) 2000 PU9 9 August 2000 list (44234) 1998 QE29 26 August 1998 list (44712) 1999 TJ5 4 October 1999 list (44853) 1999 UR4 31 October 1999 list 46722 Ireneadler 2 September 1997 list [B] (46860) 1998 QP60 27 August 1998 list (48629) 1995 SP 18 September 1995 list (48694) 1996 HP 18 April 1996 list
important; height: 324px; (48781) 1997 SL 20 September 1997 list 48782 Fierz 20 September 1997 list 49110 Květafialová 16 September 1998 list [B] (49247) 1998 TL6 13 October 1998 list 51261 Holuša 13 May 2000 list (51323) 2000 LQ8 4 June 2000 list (52597) 1997 RM9 15 September 1997 list (52603) 1997 TV9 5 October 1997 list (52608) 1997 TM19 10 October 1997 list (53057) 1998 XZ16 10 December 1998 list (53263) 1999 FW6 25 March 1999 list (55860) 1997 BQ6 31 January 1997 list
important; height: 324px; (63687) 2001 QH154 30 August 2001 list (67713) 2000 UF1 22 October 2000 list (69950) 1998 VW4 12 November 1998 list (70180) 1999 QM2 31 August 1999 list (70433) 1999 TS3 2 October 1999 list (70448) 1999 TS15 7 October 1999 list [D] (70681) 1999 US4 31 October 1999 list (70722) 1999 VY 1 November 1999 list 72447 Polińska 16 February 2001 list [B] (73934) 1997 SO2 24 September 1997 list (74601) 1999 RK3 5 September 1999 list (79442) 1997 UX 22 October 1997 list
important; height: 324px; (91215) 1999 AN 5 January 1999 list [G] (91431) 1999 RQ 3 September 1999 list (91574) 1999 SV2 22 September 1999 list (91592) 1999 TU3 2 October 1999 list (91850) 1999 UN7 31 October 1999 list (92064) 1999 WA13 26 November 1999 list (92440) 2000 KG1 24 May 2000 list (94258) 2001 CZ36 14 February 2001 list (94266) 2001 DO 16 February 2001 list [B] (96328) 1997 GC 2 April 1997 list (96349) 1997 US7 23 October 1997 list (96356) 1997 VH8 10 November 1997 list
important; height: 324px; (96603) 1998 YH12 20 December 1998 list [F] (98095) 2000 RQ77 8 September 2000 list (98096) 2000 RR77 8 September 2000 list 98127 Vilgusová 24 September 2000 list [B] (99919) 1999 RR31 8 September 1999 list 100308 ČAS 21 April 1995 list [B] (100522) 1997 CA 1 February 1997 list (101495) 1998 XJ3 10 December 1998 list (101903) 1999 RR 3 September 1999 list (102215) 1999 TR3 2 October 1999 list (102531) 1999 UP4 31 October 1999 list (106172) 2000 UF 19 October 2000 list
important; height: 324px; (108305) 2001 JX 11 May 2001 list (108306) 2001 JZ 11 May 2001 list (108641) 2001 NU9 15 July 2001 list (118413) 1999 SP1 19 September 1999 list (119083) 2001 NT9 15 July 2001 list (120736) 1997 TA17 9 October 1997 list (120742) 1997 VW1 4 November 1997 list (121004) 1998 YQ27 29 December 1998 list (121210) 1999 QG2 25 August 1999 list (121322) 1999 SQ1 19 September 1999 list (122280) 2000 PQ8 8 August 2000 list (123851) 2001 CB37 14 February 2001 list
important; height: 324px; (129829) 1999 RP 3 September 1999 list (129884) 1999 TB4 2 October 1999 list (131181) 2001 CT41 15 February 2001 list [B] (131352) 2001 JA1 11 May 2001 list (134441) 1998 SK36 27 September 1998 list (136823) 1997 QR 26 August 1997 list (137076) 1998 XK3 10 December 1998 list (137497) 1999 VH 1 November 1999 list (138654) 2000 RP77 8 September 2000 list (138980) 2001 CY36 14 February 2001 list (150162) 1997 SO 20 September 1997 list (150275) 1999 TR16 14 October 1999 list
important; height: 324px; (152592) 1995 SK1 22 September 1995 list (152627) 1997 DF 26 February 1997 list (152818) 1999 UK4 29 October 1999 list (155395) 1995 SA5 25 September 1995 list (157825) 1997 RE8 12 September 1997 list [C] (157872) 1999 GJ6 14 April 1999 list (160697) 2000 LB15 4 June 2000 list (162095) 1998 QC29 25 August 1998 list (162187) 1999 QR2 31 August 1999 list (162478) 2000 OT9 31 July 2000 list (164688) 1997 SO1 21 September 1997 list (171512) 1998 RP20 14 September 1998 list
important; height: 324px; (173275) 1999 TQ16 14 October 1999 list (178846) 2001 JT 10 May 2001 list (181884) 1999 RS28 8 September 1999 list (181905) 1999 SR1 20 September 1999 list (187809) 1999 TS16 14 October 1999 list (189458) 1999 RO31 4 September 1999 list (190314) 1997 VU1 1 November 1997 list [B] (190325) 1998 QQ60 27 August 1998 list (192636) 1999 QL2 31 August 1999 list (193631) 2001 CA37 14 February 2001 list (193870) 2001 QF154 29 August 2001 list [C] (200183) 1999 RO 3 September 1999 list
important; height: 324px; (200359) 2000 PB7 1 August 2000 list [B] (202951) 1999 RE 3 September 1999 list (213050) 1998 TS3 12 October 1998 list (213251) 2001 CS41 15 February 2001 list [B] (218068) 2002 FX1 18 March 2002 list (219038) 1995 SK 17 September 1995 list (234117) 1999 WZ12 26 November 1999 list (234357) 2001 JA5 13 May 2001 list (240295) 2003 FK2 23 March 2003 list (243776) 2000 SH 18 September 2000 list (246928) 1999 CV2 9 February 1999 list (246959) 1999 TV3 2 October 1999 list
important; height: 324px; (269703) 1997 UR7 23 October 1997 list (270027) 2001 JS 10 May 2001 list (275565) 1999 SZ9 27 September 1999 list (279606) 2011 ER24 22 July 2001 list [B] (280281) 2003 FF1 22 March 2003 list (282120) 2001 CU41 15 February 2001 list [B] (285753) 2000 UE1 22 October 2000 list (322781) 2001 OD17 21 July 2001 list [B] (344078) 1998 QB29 25 August 1998 list (350293) 2012 TX296 2 October 1999 list (366349) 1999 RQ31 5 September 1999 list (370072) 2001 QA154 28 August 2001 list
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