Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Ladislav Brožek

Slovak astronomer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Ladislav Brožek (born 1952) is a Slovak astronomer.[2] At the Bohemian Kleť Observatory, he discovered a total of 23 minor planets between 1979 and 1982, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.[1]

Minor planets discovered: 23[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

One of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroid 2613 Plzeň, he named after his birthplace Plzeň.[3] In 1981, he discovered 3102 Krok, a near-Earth object of the Apollo group.[4] He also named another of his discoveries, 3834 Zappafrank, in memory of rock musician and composer Frank Zappa (1940–1993).[5]

Remove ads

List of discovered minor planets

2288 Karolinum19 October 1979list
2613 Plzeň30 August 1979list
2622 Bolzano9 February 1981list
2696 Magion16 April 1980list
3102 Krok21 August 1981list
3386 Klementinum16 March 1980list
3419 Guth8 May 1981list
3423 Slouka9 February 1981list
3424 Nušl14 February 1982list
3603 Gajdušek5 September 1981list
3834 Zappafrank11 May 1980list
4023 Jarník25 October 1981list
More information Note: Ladislav Brožek made no co-discoveries ...
Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads