František Pešta (1905–1982), founder of the public observatory in the town of Sezimovo Ústí that now bears his name, was a keen popularizer of astronomy. He studied archival records of the Strkov (near Tábor, Bohemia) meteorite shower in 1753. (M 42679) _ _.
Discovered on 9-9-1999 in Ondrejov by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P.