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Ladislav Brožek
Slovak astronomer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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]
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List of discovered minor planets
2288 Karolinum | 19 October 1979 | list |
2613 Plzeň | 30 August 1979 | list |
2622 Bolzano | 9 February 1981 | list |
2696 Magion | 16 April 1980 | list |
3102 Krok | 21 August 1981 | list |
3386 Klementinum | 16 March 1980 | list |
3419 Guth | 8 May 1981 | list |
3423 Slouka | 9 February 1981 | list |
3424 Nušl | 14 February 1982 | list |
3603 Gajdušek | 5 September 1981 | list |
3834 Zappafrank | 11 May 1980 | list |
4023 Jarník | 25 October 1981 | list |
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