Jana Tichá
Jana Tichá (born 1965) is a Czech astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of the Kleť Observatory.
She specializes in discoveries of asteroids and comets especially near-Earth objects (NEOs). The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 104 numbered minor planets during 1995–2003.[1] She is the chair of the IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), which is responsible for approving names of asteroids. She works together with her husband Miloš Tichý at Kleť.[2]
In her country she is also well known for her popularization activities. She is major contributor to the Czech web servers about asteroids and comets.
On 3 May 1996 the asteroid 5757 Tichá was named in her honour (M.P.C. 27128),[2][3] while she named her discovery, the main-belt asteroid 8307 Peltan, after several members of her family.[4]
List of discovered minor planets
7441 Láska [1] | July 30, 1995 |
7493 Hirzo | October 24, 1995 |
7608 Telegramia | October 22, 1995 |
8307 Peltan | March 5, 1995 |
8572 Nijo [1] | October 19, 1996 |
10234 Sixtygarden [1] | December 27, 1997 |
10403 Marcelgrün [1] | November 22, 1997 |
10872 Vaculík [1] | October 12, 1996 |
11105 Puchnarová | October 24, 1995 |
11128 Ostravia [1] | November 3, 1996 |
11141 Jindrawalter [1] | January 12, 1997 |
11144 Radiocommunicata [1] | February 2, 1997 |
11338 Schiele [1] | October 13, 1996 |
12833 Kamenný Újezd [1] | February 2, 1997 |
13229 Echion [1] | November 2, 1997 |
13792 Kuščynskyj [1] | November 7, 1998 |
14068 Hauserová [1] | April 21, 1996 |
14948 Bartuška [1] | January 16, 1996 |
15399 Hudec [1] | November 2, 1997 |
16083 Jorvik [1] | October 12, 1999 |
16709 Auratian | September 29, 1995 |
16742 Zink [1] | July 21, 1996 |
16794 Cucullia [1] | February 2, 1997 |
18456 Mišík[1] | March 8, 1995 |
18841 Hruška [1] | September 6, 1999 |
19384 Winton [1] | February 6, 1998 |
20164 Janzajíc [1] | November 9, 1996 |
21270 Otokar [1] | July 19, 1996 |
21873 Jindřichůvhradec [1] | October 29, 1999 |
22442 Blaha [1] | October 14, 1996 |
25258 Nathaniel [1] | November 7, 1998 |
26314 Škvorecký [1] | October 16, 1998 |
26340 Evamarková [1] | December 13, 1998 |
26969 Biver [1] | September 20, 1997 |
27087 Tillmannmohr [1] | October 24, 1998 |
28220 York [1] | December 28, 1998 |
29477 Zdíkšíma [1] | October 31, 1997 |
29738 Ivobudil [1] | January 23, 1999 |
(31232) 1998 CF [1] | February 1, 1998 |
35446 Stáňa [1] | February 6, 1998 |
35977 Lexington [1] | July 3, 1999 |
35978 Arlington [1] | July 5, 1999 |
(38246) 1999 PL4 [1] | August 14, 1999 |
40206 Lhenice [1] | September 26, 1998 |
44597 Thoreau [1] | August 6, 1999 |
46692 Taormina [1] | February 2, 1997 |
47144 Faulkes [1] | August 7, 1999 |
47294 Blanský les [1] | November 28, 1999 |
48794 Stolzová [1] | October 5, 1997 |
50413 Petrginz [1] | February 27, 2000 |
(52665) 1998 BM30 [1] | January 30, 1998 |
53093 La Orotava [1] | December 28, 1998 |
55082 Xlendi [1] | August 25, 2001 |
56329 Tarxien [1] | November 28, 1999 |
74024 Hrabě [1] | April 23, 1998 |
74370 Kolářjan [1] | April 23, 1998 |
75223 Wupatki [1] | November 28, 1999 |
76628 Kozí Hrádek [1] | April 22, 2000 |
79354 Brundibár [1] | January 16, 1997 |
(85573) 1998 CE [1] | February 1, 1998 |
(85574) 1998 CG [1] | February 1, 1998 |
87097 Lomaki [1] | June 7, 2000 |
(91007) 1998 BL30 [1] | January 30, 1998 |
101721 Emanuelfritsch [1] | March 13, 1999 |
118214 Agnesediboemia [1] | January 12, 1996 |
136666 Seidel [1] | September 17, 1995 |
171588 Náprstek [1] | November 26, 1999 |
192439 Cílek [1] | November 1, 1997 |
(196298) 2003 FQ [1] | March 22, 2003 |
(215606) 2003 SF36 [1] | September 17, 2003 |
(223225) 2003 DW7 [1] | February 25, 2003 |
(259308) 2003 FY1 [1] | March 23, 2003 |
(259309) 2003 FB2 [1] | March 23, 2003 |
(259384) 2003 JX10 [1] | May 4, 2003 |
(259481) 2003 SY200 [1] | September 25, 2003 |
(298349) 2003 JW10 [1] | May 4, 2003 |
(307562) 2003 FX1 [1] | March 23, 2003 |
(382764) 2003 QP10 [1] | August 22, 2003 |
(393568) 2003 JY10 [1] | May 4, 2003 05 |
(405207) 2003 KP18 [1] | May 24, 2003 |
1 co-discovered with Miloš Tichý |
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