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| 2288 | Karolinum | Named for the original main building, still in use, of the Charles University, founded in Prague in |
| 2304 | Slavia | This is an ancient Slavonic name, now also that of a famous sports club in Prague. |
| 2390 | Nezarka | Named for a small river running through the town of Veseli {see planet (2599)} in southern Bohemia |
| 2442 | Corbett | Named for Jim Corbett, hunter, writer and a great friend of animals, born in Nainital, India. (M 665 |
| 2474 | Ruby | Named for the discoverer’s dog, which lives at the Kleť Observatory. (M 6650) |
| 2552 | Remek | Named for the first Czechoslovak astronaut Vladimir Remek, born in South Bohemia, a member of the cr |
| 2622 | Bolzano | Named on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bernardo Bolzano (1781–1848), distinguished Czech mat |
| 2647 | Sova | Named in memory of Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Czech poet, who sang of southern Bohemia. (M 22245) |
| 2696 | Magion | Named for the first Czechoslovak artificial satellite, launched together with Interkosmos 18 in 1978 |
| 2781 | Kleczek | Named in honor of Josip Kleczek (1923– ), distinguished astronomer and solar physicist, known in par |
| 2811 | Stremchovi | |
| 2821 | Slavka | Named in memory of Sláva Vávrová (1910–1985), the discoverer’s mother. (M 22245) |
| 2936 | Nechvile | Named in memory of V. Nechvíle (1890–1964), professor of astronomy at Charles University. During a s |
| 2971 | Mohr | Named in memory of Josef M. Mohr (1901–1979), professor of astronomy at Charles University, founder |
| 3003 | Koncek | Named in memory of academician Mikuláš Konček (1900–1982), founder of the Meteorological Institute i |
| 3069 | Heyrovsky | Named in honor of Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967), Czech physicist and inventor of polarography, reci |
| 3096 | Bezruc | Named in honor of Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), popular Silesian poet. (M 21607) |
| 3130 | Hillary | Named in honor of the New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919– ), who, with Sherpa |
| 3137 | Horky | Named for the hill where the discoverer installed his first telescope in 1939. (M 22828) |
| 3141 | Buchar | Named in memory of Emil Buchar (1901–1979), professor of astronomy and geodesy at Prague Polytechnic |
| 3257 | Hanzlik | Named in memory of Stanislav Hanzlík (1878–1956), professor of meteorology and climatology at Charle |
| 3278 | Behounek | Named in memory of František Běhounek (1898–1973), the first professor of cosmic-ray physics at Char |
| 3313 | Mendel | Named in memory of Gregor Johann Mendel (1822–1884), Austrian monk and botanist, discoverer of the l |
| 3324 | Avsyuk | Named in honor of Yurij N. Avsyuk, geodesist and gravimetrist, who worked with the discoverer on the |
| 3334 | Somov | Named in memory of Mikhail M. Somov, leader of the first Russian Antarctic expedition during the Int |
| 3364 | Zdenka | Named in honor of Zdenka Vávrová for her 20 devoted years in the astrometric program at KLeť. (M 231 |
| 3395 | Jitka | Named in honor of Jitka Beneš in recognition of her assistance at KLeť during the International Hall |
| 3419 | Guth | Named in memory of Vladimír Guth (1905–1980), outstanding Czech astronomer, founder of contemporary |
| 3423 | Slouka | Named in memory of Hubert Slouka (1903–1973), Czech astronomer, well known as a popularizer of astro |
| 3424 | Nusl | Named in memory of Frantisek Nušl (1867–1951), Czech astronomer and mathematician, director of the N |
| 3479 | Malaparte | Named in memory of the discoverer’s favorite writer and poet, Curzio Malaparte {1898–1957}, born Kur |
| 3490 | Solc | Named in honor of Ivan Šolc, well-known Czech inventor of birefringent polarizing filters for resear |
| 3492 | Petra-Pepi | Named in honor of the discoverer’s daughter on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday. (M 21955) |
| 3515 | Jindra | Named in honor of Lumír Jindra (1936– ), an old friend of the discoverer, for his contribution to Cz |
| 3550 | Link | Named in memory of František Link (1906–1984), founder and for ten years director of the modern astr |
| 3603 | Gajdusek | Named in memory of Vilém Gajdušek (1895–1977), Czech optician and maker of many outstanding telescop |
| 3630 | Lubomir | A well-known old Slavic name, widespread in southern Bohemia {see planet (371)}. (M 25976) |
| 3645 | Fabini | Named in memory of Tatiana Fabini (1943–1989), editor-in-chief of the Slovak popular-astronomy magaz |
| 3665 | Fitzgerald | Named in memory of Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), renowned jazz singer known internationally as the “F |
| 3701 | Purkyne | Named in memory of J. E. Purkyně (1787–1869), professor of physiology in Wroclaw and Prague. He disc |
| 3715 | Stohl | Named in memory of Ján Štohl (1932–1993), well known for his work on the dynamics of meteors, direct |
| 3716 | Petzval | Named in memory of József Miska Petzval (1807–1891), mathematician, professor and inventor at the Un |
| 3727 | Maxhell | Named in memory of Maximilian Hell (1720–1792), famous for his determination of the solar parallax f |
| 3732 | Vavra | Named in honor of Anton Alfred Vávra (1896– ), the discoverer’s father. (M 22246) |
| 3781 | Dufek | Named in honor of George Dufek, an associate of Richard E. Byrd and for a long time the leader of Am |
| 3791 | Marci | Named in memory of Jan Marcus Marci of Kronland (1595-1667), Czech physicist, mathematician, astrono |
| 3847 | Šindel | Named in memory of Jan Ondřejův, known as Šindel (c.1375-c.1456), Czech medieval astronomer, mathema |
| 3879 | Machar | Named in honor of the Czech writer and poet, Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942), whose work is close |
| 3899 | Wichterle | Named in honor of Otto Wichterle (1913–1998), Czech chemist with a special interest in macromolecula |
| 3978 | Klepesta | Named in memory of Josef Klepešta (1895–1976), outstanding Czech expert in astronomical photography |
| 3979 | Brorsen | Named in memory of Theodor Brorsen (1819-1895), Danish astronomer, known for his discoveries of five |
| 3981 | Stodola | Named in memory of A. Stodola (1859–1942), professor at ETH Zürich who taught on the construction an |
| 3983 | Sakiko | Named in honor of Sakiko Nakano, sister of orbit computer Syuichi Nakano {see planet (3431)}, in re |
| 3993 | Sorm | Named in memory of František Sorm (1913–1980), president of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences dur |
| 4023 | Jarnik | Named in memory of Vojtěch Jarník (1897–1970), Czech mathematician and professor at the Charles Univ |
| 4090 | Říšehvězd | Named for Říše hvězd (the Realm of Stars), Czech popular journal for astronomy. Origi |
| 4112 | Hrabal | Named in honor of Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), one of the most reputable contemporary Czech writers, |
| 4146 | Rudolfinum | Named for one of the most beautiful and important neo-Renaissance buildings in Prague. Constructed b |
| 4170 | Semmelweis | Named in memory of Ignaz Fülöp Semmelweis (1818–1865), Hungarian physician. (M 22501) |
| 4176 | Sudek | Named in memory of Josef Sudek (1896-1976), outstanding Czech photographer, well-known for his black |
| 4190 | Kvasnica | Named in memory of Jozef Kvasnica (1930–1992), Czechoslovak theoretical physicist, professor at Char |
| 4287 | Trisov | Named for a village in southern Bohemia northeast of Kleť Mountain. Near the village there are remna |
| 4318 | Bata | Named in honor of Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), world-renowned Czech businessman. (M 16444) |
| 4369 | Seifert | Named in memory of Jaroslav Seifert {1901–1986}, Czech poet and {1984} Nobel laureate. One of his vo |
| 4405 | Otava | Named for a Czech river that has its confluence with the Vltava {see planet (2123)} river near the |
| 4552 | Nabelek | Named in honor of Jan Nabelek (1908– ), now the most senior member of a group of teachers in Nove Me |
| 4554 | Fanynka | Named in memory of Frantiska (“Fanynka”) Burian (1911–1980), associated with the discoverer during t |
| 4567 | Becvar | Named in memory of the Czech astronomer Antonín Bežcvážr (1901–1965), founder and first director of |
| 4610 | Kajov | Named for a village in southern Bohemia south of Kleť Mountain that is the pilgrimage site of a Goth |
| 4662 | Runk | Ferdinand Runk (1764-1834) made many landscape paintings of the Czech and Austrian countryside as th |
| 4663 | Falta | Josef Falta (1786-1847) was engineer and cartographer of the Schwarzenberg court in Český Krumlov. |
| 4671 | Drtikol | Named in memory of František Drtikol (1883-1961), outstanding Czech photographer well-known for his |
| 4691 | Toyen | Named in memory of Toyen (1902-1980), Czech painter and graphic artist, born Marie Čermínová. She i |
| 4698 | Jizera | Named for a Czech river rising in the Jizerské hory mountains and continuing through the towns of Tu |
| 4702 | Berounka | Named for a Czech river originating in Plzeň as a confluence of four rivers: Mže, Radbúza, Úhlava a |
| 4801 | Ohře | Named for a Czech river rising in Germany near the Czech border and continuing through the towns of |
| 4823 | Libenice | Named for the site of remnants of an ancient Celtic sanctuary in central Bohemia that has astronomic |
| 4824 | Stradonice | Named for the site of an ancient Celtic town in central Bohemia above the Berounka {see planet (470 |
| 4921 | Volonte | Named for the popular Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, who portrayed the title role in a film about |
| 5026 | Martes | Named for Martes martes and Martes foina, or pine marten and beech marten, delightful small animals |
| 5031 | Svejcar | Named in honor of Josef Švejcar {1897–1997}, Czech physician. (M 22505) |
| 5089 | Nádherná | Named in memory of Sidonie Nádherná (1885-1950), baroness of Borutín and author of The Chronicle |
| 5103 | Divis | Named in memory of the Czech scientist, Praemon-strat monk and priest Prokop Václav Diviš (1698–1765 |
| 5122 | Mucha | Named in memory of Alfons Mucha (1860–1939), Czech painter, graphic artist and decorative artist, wh |
| 5228 | Maca | Named in honor of Jan Máca, one-time schoolmate and old friend of the discoverer, for his contributi |
| 5250 | Jas | The Czech word for brightness, Jas symbolizes the South Bohemian Astronomical Society, known in Czec |
| 5275 | Zdislava | Named for Saint Zdislava (c. 1220–1252), a noblewoman who devoted her life to performing charity for |
| 5363 | Kupka | Named in memory of František Kupka (1871–1957), Czech painter and graphic artist, resident in France |
| 5417 | Solovaya | Named in honor of Nina A. Solovaya (1940– ), an astronomer in the celestial mechanics department of |
| 5423 | Horahořejš | Petr Hora Hořejš (b. 1938) is a Czech journalist, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote a thirteen bo |
| 5425 | Vojtech | Named in memory of Václav Vojtěch (1901–1932), Czech traveler and Antarctic explorer. In 1929 he bec |
| 5514 | Karelraška | Karel Raška (1909-1987) was a Czech physician and epidemiologist, known as “the father of the concep |
| 5552 | Studnička | Named in memory of František Josef Studnička (1836-1903), professor of mathematics at Charles Univer |
| 5574 | Seagrave | Frank Evans Seagrave (1860-1934) was an American amateur astronomer, who observed the Sun, variable |
| 5712 | Funke | Jaromír Funke (1896-1945) was a Czech photographer, known for his images of architecture and landsca |
| 5719 | Křižík | Czech electrical engineer and inventor František Křižík (1847-1941), constructed an arc lamp with a |
| 5800 | Pollock | Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American painter, was a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. |
| 5801 | Vasarely | Victor Vasarely (1908-1997), painter, sculptor, and graphic artist of Hungarian birth, is considered |
| 5803 | Ötzi | Ötzi, or Iceman, is a popular name for a prehistoric man of the late Stone Age. His mummified body |
| 5860 | Deankoontz | Dean Ray Koontz (b. 1945) is a contemporary American author. He is known for his best-selling suspe |
| 5891 | Gehrig | Named in memory of Henry Louis (Lou) Gehrig (1903-1941), professional U.S. baseball player. From 19 |
| 5894 | Telč | Telč, a small town on the border of southern Bohemia and Moravia, was founded in the twelfth century |
| 5897 | Novotna | Named in memory of Jarmila Novotná-Daubková (1907–1994), Czech opera singer, who lived in the U.S. f |
| 5910 | Zátopek | Named in honor of the great Czechoslovak long-distance runner, Emil Zátopek (b. 1922). In a twelve- |
| 5946 | Hrozný | Named in memory of Bedřich Hrozný (1879-1952), Czech archeologist, orientalist and language scholar. |
| 5958 | Barrande | The French geologist and paleontologist Joachim Barrande (1799-1883) made studies of the fossil stra |
| 5997 | Dirac | Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984), English theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, is known fo |
| 6059 | Diefenbach | Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) was a German painter and philosopher. He was a pioneer of the h |
| 6064 | Holašovice | Named for a village in southern Bohemia north of Klet Mountain. Holašovice is an exceptionally intac |
| 6076 | Plavec | Named in honor of Mirek J. Plavec (1925– ), Czech astronomer living in the U.S. since 1969, professo |
| 6077 | Messner | Named in honor of Reinhold Messner (b. 1944), Italian mountaineer, adventurer and writer. |
| 6086 | Vrchlický | Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853-1912), born Emil Frída, was a Czech poet and one of most prolific of all Cz |
| 6149 | Pelčák | Oldřich Pelčák (b. 1943) has been a Czechoslovak astronaut-candidate, a member of a team of Czechosl |
| 6175 | Cori | Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984) and Gerty Theresa Cori (1896-1957) were American biochemists born in |
| 6230 | Fram | Named for the ship that was built specially for polar research. It was used in expeditions of the A |
| 6266 | Letzel | Named in memory of Jan Letzel (1880-1925), Czech architect inspired by the Art Nouveau style and who |
| 6281 | Strnad | Antonín Strnad (1747-1799) was the third director of the Klementinum observatory in Prague. The dai |
| 6379 | Vrba | Karel Vrba (1845-1922) was professor of mineralogy at Charles University in Prague and founder of th |
| 6426 | Vanysek | Named in honor of Vladimír Vanýsek (1926–1997), Czech astronomer, professor emeritus of astrophysics |
| 6471 | Collins | Named in honor of Michael Collins (1930– ), U.S. astronaut. In 1966 he served as pilot of the Gemini |
| 6481 | Tenzing | Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) was a Nepalese mountain climber of the Sherpa tribe. On 1953 May 29, as |
| 6508 | Rolčík | Viktor Rolčík (1884-1954) was a Czech optician and telescope maker. The 0.31-m reflector, the main |
| 6516 | Gruss | Czech astronomer Gustav Gruss (1854-1922) was head of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech divisi |
| 6539 | Nohavica | Named in honor of Jaromír Nohavica (b. 1945), Czech singer, poet and composer. |
| 6540 | Stepling | Named in memory of Joseph Stepling (1716-1778), founder and the first director of the astronomical o |
| 6544 | Stevendick | Steven J. Dick (b. 1949), president of IAU Commission 41 (1997-2000), wrote the official history of |
| 6550 | Parléř | Beginning in 1356, the German-born master builder Petr Parléř (c. 1333-1399) led the construction of |
| 6556 | Arcimboldo | Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527?--1593) was an Italian Mannerist painter whose grotesque, almost surrealis |
| 6581 | Sobers | Named in honor of Garfield St. Aubrun (Gary) Sobers (b. 1936), West Indian cricketer, considered by |
| 6583 | Destinn | Named in memory of Ema Destinn (1878–1930), Czech opera singer, considered one of the finest soprano |
| 6586 | Seydler | Named in memory of August Seydler (1849–1891), professor of astronomy and theoretical physics at Cha |
| 6594 | Tasman | Named for the Dutch navigator and explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman (c.1603–c.1659), who explored the so |
| 6596 | Bittner | Adam Bittner (1777-1844), the fifth director of the Klementinum observatory in Prague, introduced a |
| 6597 | Kreil | Karl Kreil (1798-1862), the sixth director of the Klementinum observatory in Prague, carried out geo |
| 6701 | Warhol | The American painter and film-maker Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, 1928-1987) was a leader of the Pop |
| 6765 | Fibonacci | Named in memory of Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa (c. 1170–1240), the first “western” mathematician, who |
| 6769 | Brokoff | Father and son, Jan (1652-1718) and Ferdinand Maxmilian (1688-1731) Brokoff were prominent sculptors |
| 6779 | Perrine | Named in memory of Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951), American astronomer working at Lick Observato |
| 6817 | Pest | Named for the largest of the three towns, Buda, Pest and Óbuda, that form the modern capital of Hung |
| 6822 | Horálek | Petr Horálek (b. 1986) is a Czech astronomer, astronomy popularizer, passionate photographer, and on |
| 6824 | Mallory | George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) was a British mountain climber whose 1924 expedition to con |
| 6825 | Irvine | The British mountaineer Andrew Irvine (1901-1924) was George Mallory's partner for a final bid for t |
| 6897 | Tabei | In 1975, Junko Tabei (b. 1939) became the first woman to scale the summit of Mount Everest. The nam |
| 6928 | Lanna | Named in memory of Vojtěch Lanna (1805–1866), well-known Czech entrepreneur. He contributed to the d |
| 7107 | Peiser | Named in honor of Benny Josef Peiser (b. 1957), social anthropologist with a particular research int |
| 7114 | Weinek | Ladislaus Weinek (1848-1913), the ninth director of the Klementinum observatory in Prague, collabora |
| 7218 | Skácel | Jan Skácel (1922-1989), Czech poet of South Moravian origin, was one of the most beloved Czech poets |
| 7221 | Sallaba | Jan Sallaba (1775-1827) was the builder and, from 1821, chief construction manager of the Schwarzenb |
| 7226 | Kryl | Named in memory of Karel Kryl (1944-1994), Czech singer and songwriter, from 1969 a resident of Germ |
| 7272 | Darbydyar | M. Darby Dyar (b. 1958) is a professor at Mount Holyoke College who specializes in Mössbauer spectro |
| 7332 | Ponrepo | Viktor Ponrepo, born Dismas Šlambor (1858-1926), was founder of the first permanent cinema in Prague |
| 7334 | Sciurus | Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis are squirrels, animals that live mainly in t |
| 7390 | Kundera | Named in honor of Milan Kundera (b. 1929), Czech novelist, playwright and poet. He has written vari |
| 7391 | Strouhal | Named in memory of Vincenc Strouhal (1850-1922), professor of experimental physics. He founded and |
| 7398 | Walsh | Named in honor of Martin F. Walsh (b. 1966) on the occasion of his marriage to Aurélie Machon near P |
| 7403 | Choustník | Choustník is a castle founded in the mid-thirteenth century. Under the brothers Beneš and Jan of Cho |
| 7440 | Zavist | Named for the site of the most important ancient Celtic town in Bohemia. Situated south of Prague on |
| 7441 | Laska | Named in memory of Václav Láska (1862–1943), Czech astronomer, geophysicist, geodesist and mathemati |
| 7464 | Vipera | Named for the viper family, particularly Vipera berus, the adder or northern viper, a nice ra |
| 7490 | Babička | Named in memory of Marie Macháčová (1922-1998) and Marie Petrželová (1912-1998), the grandmothers of |
| 7492 | Kacenka | Named in honor of Kateřina Macháčová (1975– ), who has been a constant source of support to the disc |
| 7645 | Pons | Named in memory of Jean-Louis Pons (1761-1831), whose name appears on 26 different comets and who cl |
| 7669 | Malše | Named for a Czech river. The České Budějovice Observatory is situated at the confluence of the Malš |
| 7670 | Kabelac | Named in memory of Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979), outstanding Czech composer and teacher of contempor |
| 7694 | Krasetín | Krasetín is a small village east of the Klet mountain. It is the nearest village to the Klet Observ |
| 7695 | Přemysl | Named for a mythical hero Přemysl, called Ploughman. He married princess Libuše, and they became th |
| 7699 | Božek | Josef Božek (1782-1835) was a clockmaker at Prague Klementinum College and a creator of astronomical |
| 7701 | Zrzavý | Jan Zrzavý (1890-1977) was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator, known for imaginary lyri |
| 7739 | Čech | Named in memory of Eduard Čech (1893-1960), Czech mathematician, professor at Charles University in |
| 7742 | Altamira | Altamira is a cave in northern Spain, whose walls bear paintings and engravings---chiefly of bison, |
| 7791 | Ebicykl | Ebicykl is a traditional holiday activity, since 1984, of a group of astronomers, who bike around th |
| 7799 | Martinšolc | Named in honor of Martin Šolc (b. 1949), Czech astronomer and head of the Astronomical Institute of |
| 7846 | Setvák | Named in honor of Martin Setvák (b. 1958), meteorologist and head of the Satellite Department of the |
| 7859 | Lhasa | Lhasa, “God's ground”, is the capital of Tibet, located on a fertile plain 3700 meters high, surroun |
| 7867 | Burian | The Czech artist Zdeněk Burian (1905-1981) was well known for his paintings and illustrations of pre |
| 7897 | Bohuska | Named in honor of the discoverer’s mother, Bohumila Šarounová, in hearty thanks for her tolerance an |
| 7967 | Beny | Named in memory of Michal ‘Beny’ Böhm (1968-1998), schoolmate, roommate at Charles University and gr |
| 7984 | Marius | Simon Marius (1573-1625) was court astronomer in Ansbach. He discovered the Jovian satellites, but |
| 8001 | Ramsden | Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) was the British designer and producer of highly accurate sextants, theodol |
| 8048 | Andrle | Named in memory of Pavel Andrle (1936-1991), Czech astronomer and celestial mechanician. Methods de |
| 8137 | Kvíz | Named in memory of Zdeněk Kvíz (1932-1993), Czech astronomer. His early works dealt with meteor show |
| 8143 | Nezval | Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958) was one of the most prolific Czech poets. He was the founder of the Po |
| 8222 | Gellner | Named in memory of Czech poet František Gellner (1881-1914), a Bohemian anarchist. His poetry depic |
| 8307 | Peltan | Named for the discoverer's family, including her mother Marie (nee Kosová) Peltanová (b. 1930), her |
| 8336 | Šafařík | Named in memory of Vojtěch Šafařík (1829-1902), known for his work in inorganic chemistry, Czech che |
| 8343 | Tugendhat | Tugendhat House is one of the most magnificent pieces of modern architecture in the Czech Republic. |
| 8554 | Gabreta | Gabreta is an ancient, presumably Celtic name of the Šumava mountains, or Böhmerwald, along the bord |
| 8556 | Jana | Named in honor of Jana Moravcová, wife of the discoverer, on the occasion of her thirtieth birthday, |
| 8557 | Šaroun | Named in honor of the discoverer's father, Jaroslav Šaroun (b. 1943). A teacher at the Prague Acade |
| 8572 | Nijo | Named for Nijo Castle (Nijo-jo) in Kyoto {see planet (4352)}, built in 1603 as the official residen |
| 8573 | Ivanka | Named for Ivanka Moravcová (1943– ), the discoverer’s mother. (M 34628) |
| 8719 | Vesmír | The Czech monthly journal of science Vesmír was founded in 1871. Vesmír describes new |
| 8740 | Vaclav | Named for Czech prince Václav (c.908–c.929), Czech kings Václav I (1205–1253), Václav II (1271–1305) |
| 9011 | Angelou | Maya Angelou (1928-2014), born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was an American poet, author, and civil rig |
| 9027 | Graps | Amara Graps (b. 1961) is a planetary scientist who concentrates on asteroids and comets, but has wor |
| 9087 | Neff | Named for Vladimír Neff and Ondřej Neff. Vladimír Neff (1909-1983) was an outstanding Czech writer, |
| 9102 | Foglar | Named in memory of Jaroslav Foglar (1907-1999), Czech writer of adventure and educational literature |
| 9224 | Železný | Jan Železný (b. 1966), Czech javelin-thrower, the world record holder (98.48 meters), won Olympic si |
| 9551 | Kazi | Named for the oldest daughter of prince Krok and wife of honorable hero Bivoj, known from Bohemian m |
| 9671 | Hemera | The Greek goddess of bright day, daughter of goddess of night Nykta and god of darkness Erebus, Heme |
| 9841 | Mašek | Martin Mašek (b. 1988) is an avid observer of deep-sky objects, variable stars, comets and asteroids |
| 9884 | Příbram | The town of Příbram, in central Bohemia, was the impact site, on 1959 Apr. 7, of the first photograp |
| 9991 | Anezka | Named in honor of Anežka Moravcová (1924– ), the discoverer’s grandmother, on the occasion of her 75 |
| 10170 | Petrjakes | Named in honor of Petr Jakeš (1940– ), Czech geologist, geochemist and lecturer at Charles Universit |
| 10174 | Emička | Ema Moravcová (b. 1999) is the discoverer's daughter. |
| 10213 | Koukolik | Named in honor of František Koukolík (1941– ), Czech neuropathologist who works on the relationship |
| 10390 | Lenka | Named in honor of Lenka Šarounová (b. 1973), an assiduous observer at the Ondřejov Observatory. She |
| 10395 | Jirkahorn | Named in memory of Jiří Horn (1941-1994), an astronomer at the Ondřejov Observatory. He worked in s |
| 10403 | Marcelgrün | The Czech astronomer Marcel Grün (b. 1946) is director of the Prague Planetarium. His main field of |
| 10626 | Zajíc | Jan Zajíc (b. 1910), founder and for a long time director of the observatory in Vlašim, has brought |
| 10633 | Akimasa | Named in honor of Akimasa Nakamura (b. 1961), a prolific Japanese observer of minor planets and come |
| 10634 | Pepibican | Josef (“Pepi”) Bican (b. 1913), proclaimed the century's best center-forward by the International Fe |
| 10872 | Vaculík | Ludvík Vaculík (b. 1926), Czech writer and journalist, was one of the most famous writers in the for |
| 10919 | Pepíkzicha | Josef Zicha (b. 1939) was the head engineer for the 2-m telescope at Ondřejov. He now teaches at th |
| 11124 | Mikulášek | The Czech astronomer Zdeněk Mikulášek (b. 1947) is director of the Nicholas Copernicus Observatory a |
| 11126 | Doleček | Josef (“Jožka”) Doleček (b. 1912) had a principal role in building the public observatory of Valašsk |
| 11128 | Ostravia | Ostrava (Ostravia in Latin) has been considered the center of the mining and steel industries in nor |
| 11163 | Milešovka | The highest mountain in České Středohoří (Czech Central Mountains), Milešovka is located 60 km north |
| 11167 | Kunžak | Kunžak is a picturesque village in South Bohemia. In this village there is a small observatory, nam |
| 11201 | Talich | Václav Talich (1883-1961) was a well-known Czech conductor, for many years the head of the National |
| 11333 | Forman | Early films of director Miloš Forman (b. 1932), such as Černý Petr (“Black Peter”) and Hoř |
| 11338 | Schiele | Egon Schiele (1890-1918), Austrian expressionist painter noted for the eroticism of his figurative w |
| 11339 | Orlík | The Gothic castle of Orlík was built on a peninsula in the Vltava river in the thirteenth century an |
| 11364 | Karlštejn | The Gothic castle at Karlštejn was built in 1348 by Charles IV in the Kingdom of Bohemia, 27 km from |
| 11598 | Kubí k | The discoverer's brother, Jakub Šaroun (b. 1974), is a talented amateur musician and photographer. |
| 11656 | Lipno | The Lipno dam was built on the Vltava river in 1959 as the largest Czechoslovak dam. It is importan |
| 12002 | Suess | Austrian geologist Franz Eduard Suess (1867-1941), professor at the Technical College in Prague and |
| 12051 | Pícha | Jaroslav Pícha (1921-1998) was a Czech meteorologist and amateur astronomer. The observatory he bui |
| 12468 | Zachotín | Zachotín is a village in Vysočina that has hosted the Mobile Astronomical Expedition of Prague Štefá |
| 12790 | Cernan | Eugene Andrew Cernan (b. 1934), U.S. astronaut, was commander of the Apollo 17 mission, which conclu |
| 12835 | Stropek | Václav Stropek (b. 1938) has been a long-time technician at the Klet Observatory. |
| 13226 | Soulié | Guy Soulié (b. 1920) made photometric observations of the zodiacal light, measured positions of come |
| 13390 | Bouška | Jiří Bouška (b. 1925), emeritus professor of astronomy at Charles University, Prague, studied interp |
| 13406 | Sekora | Ondřej Sekora (1899-1967), Czech journalist, cartoonist, illustrator and writer, is known mainly for |
| 13804 | Hrazany | Hrazany is the site of an ancient Celtic town in central Bohemia above the Vltava river in a gold-mi |
| 14054 | Dušek | Jiří Dušek (b. 1971) is an astronomer at the Nicolas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno. |
| 14056 | Kainar | Josef Kainar (1917-1971), was a Czech poet, dramatist, journalist and musician. His poetry collecte |
| 14124 | Kamil | Czech amateur astronomer Kamil Hornoch (b. 1972) is an outstanding observer of comets and variable s |
| 14190 | Soldán | Jan Soldán (b. 1957) is a Czech astronomer, designer and developer of control software and programs |
| 14206 | Sehnal | Ladislav Sehnal (b. 1931) is known for his work on the effects of solar radiation and atmospheric dr |
| 14517 | Monitoma | Monika Pravcová (b. 1976), sister of the discoverer, and Tomáš Kneslík (b. 1977) fell in love in the |
| 14550 | Lehký | Martin Lehký (b. 1972) is a Czech amateur astronomer and visual and CCD observer of comets, variable |
| 14948 | Bartuška | Josef Bartuška (1898-1963) was a Czech avant-garde poet, painter, graphic artist, photographer and t |
| 14974 | Počátky | Počátky is the south Bohemian town where the discoverer was born. |
| 15053 | Bochníček | Záviš Bochníček (b. 1920), a Czech astronomer living in Slovakia, worked on photographic observation |
| 15374 | Teta | The second daughter of prince Krok, known from old Bohemian myths, Teta served as a fortune-teller a |
| 15382 | Vian | Boris Vian (1920-1959), French writer (L´ecume des jours, L´arrache-coeur), singer ( |
| 15384 | Samková | Filomena Samková (b. 1931), is a cook at the annual summer astronomy camp (“Expedice”) held at the Ú |
| 15390 | Znojil | Vladimír Znojil (b. 1941) developed methods for investigating meteor showers by using large binocula |
| 15395 | Rükl | Czech astronomer Antonín Rükl (b. 1932) was a master of mapping. His precise-retouch lunar maps eli |
| 15399 | Hudec | René Hudec (b. 1951), an Ondřejov astronomer who works in high-energy astrophysics, especially on γ- |
| 15403 | Merignac | The city of Merignac in southwestern France has expanded in recent years because of several aeronaut |
| 15425 | Welzl | Jan Welzl (1868-1948), Czech arctic explorer, trader, hunter, inventor, craftsman and adventurer, li |
| 15870 | Obůrka | Oto Obůrka (1909-1982), professor at Brno University of Technology, founded the Nicholas Copernicus |
| 15890 | Prachatice | Prachatice is a southern Bohemian town that began as a small settlement on the Golden Trail that had |
| 15902 | Dostál | Czech globetrotter Víťa Dostál (b. 1959) became a legend as the first person in his country to cycle |
| 15925 | Rokycany | Rokycany is a town in West Bohemia about which the first written evidence dates from 1110. In 1947 |
| 15960 | Hluboká | Hluboká nad Vltavou is the most popular chateau in South Bohemia. The original thirteenth-century Go |
| 16083 | Jórvík | Jórvík was the name of the ninth-century Viking settlement that preceded the modern York in northeas |
| 16706 | Svojsík | Antonín Benjamin Svojsík (1876-1938) founded the Czech Boy Scout organization “Junák” in 1912, led i |
| 16709 | Auratian | Auratian has been the patron saint of Ceske Budejovice since 1670. According to legend, he was a Rom |
| 16742 | Zink | Johann Josef Zink (1842-1920) was a publisher who issued postcards and guides in South Bohemia. Int |
| 16781 | Renčín | Vladimír Renčín (b. 1941) is a Czech graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He published sever |
| 16794 | Cucullia | The caterpillar of the North American Asteroid Moth Cucullia asteroides feeds on flowers of t |
| 16817 | Onderlička | Bedřich Onderlička (1923-1994) was a prominent Czech astrophysicist and enthusiastic pedagogue, head |
| 16929 | Hurník | Ilja Hurník (b. 1922), outstanding Czech composer, pianist, writer, musical pedagogue, speaker and p |
| 17407 | Teige | Karel Teige (1900-1952) was a graphic artist, leader and theoretician of the Czech art avantgarde. H |
| 17607 | Táborsko | Táborsko is a south Bohemian district historically known for the Hussite religious reformatory movem |
| 17694 | Jiránek | Vladimír Jiránek (b. 1938) is a Czech graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. His newspaper and |
| 17776 | Troska | Jan Matzal, the pseudonym of J. M. Troska (1881-1961), was a great Czech writer of adventure science |
| 17805 | Švestka | Zdeněk Švestka (b. 1925), a Czech-born astronomer and solar physicist, worked at the Space Research |
| 18456 | Mišík | Vladimír Mišík (b. 1947) is a Czech rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a found |
| 18497 | Nevězice | Nevězice is the site of an ancient Celtic town in central Bohemia above the Vltava river. It was se |
| 18531 | Strakonice | Strakonice is a southern Bohemian town known for a Gothic castle at the confluence of the Volyňka an |
| 18841 | Hruška | As a consequence of difficult experiences in his life, Luboš Hruška (b. 1927) turned his family orch |
| 19129 | Loos | Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was one of the pioneers of the functionalist style in Euro |
| 19268 | Morstadt | Josef Morstadt (1797-1869) was a Czech astronomer, physicist and mathematician; he computed orbits o |
| 19364 | Semafor | Theatre Semafor was a special phenomenon of Prague cultural life in the 1960s, with leading personal |
| 19384 | Winton | Nicholas Winton (b. 1909), a British stockbroker, managed to save more than 600 Czech Jewish childre |
| 20164 | Janzajíc | Jan Zajíc (1950-1969) was a Czech student who burned himself to death on 1969 Feb. 25 in Wenceslas S |
| 20254 | Úpice | Úpice is a small town in northeastern Bohemia. A public observatory was built there with the help a |
| 20496 | Jeník | Jeník is the nickname of the main tenor character in Smetana's The Bartered Bride. |
| 20497 | Mařenka | Mařenka is the nickname of the main soprano character in Smetana's The Bartered Bride. Jeníč |
| 20969 | Samo | Samo (c. 600-c. 659) was a French merchant. Around the year 623 he organized the Slavic tribes into |
| 21229 | Sušil | František Sušil (1804-1868), a great collector of Moravian folk songs, published almost 2400 songs i |
| 21270 | Otokar | Otokar Březina, born Václav Jebavý (1868-1929), was a Czech lyric poet and one of the leaders of the |
| 21290 | Vydra | The Vydra river, headstream of the Otava river, is the wild Šumava mountain river with a stony bed t |
| 21656 | Knuth | Donald E. Knuth (b. 1938), professor of computer science at Stanford University, is author of The |
| 21660 | Velenia | Miroslav Velen (b. 1972) has developed programs for photometric and astrometric reduction of observa |
| 21785 | Méchain | Pierre François André Méchain (1744-1804) discovered many comets and deep-sky objects. A colleague |
| 21801 | Ančerl | Karel Ančerl (1908-1973) was the head conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra during 1950-1968 |
| 21985 | Šejna | Karel Šejna (1896-1982) was the conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra during 1938-1972 and c |
| 22185 | Štiavnica | Banská Štiavnica, a town in the “Štiavnické vrchy” mountains, central Slovakia, known for its famous |
| 22260 | Ur | Ur was an important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), situated near the Euphrates River. |
| 22442 | Blaha | John Elmer Blaha (b. 1942), is a U.S. astronaut who made five space missions from 1989 to 1997. Fou |
| 22505 | Lewit | Since 1946 Karel Lewit (b. 1916) has worked in leading Prague teaching hospitals, developing and pro |
| 22644 | Matejbel | Matej Bel (1684-1749), Slovak historian and a great scholar of the eighteenth century, was a pioneer |
| 22697 | Mánek | Czech amateur astronomer Jan Karel Mánek (b. 1961) has been involved especially in occultation and v |
| 23437 | Šíma | Josef Šíma (1891-1971) was a Czech imaginative, abstract and surrealist painter, who lived in France |
| 23648 | Kolář | Czech amateur astronomer and telecommunication engineer Jan Kolář (b. 1936) served for decades as ch |
| 23650 | Čvančara | Jaroslav Čvančara (b. 1948) is a Czech writer, historian and musician. He is a banjo player and the |
| 24260 | Kriváň | At 2494 meters, Kriváň is the most beautiful Slovak peak and one of the national symbols of Slovakia |
| 24662 | Gryll | Matyáš Gryll of Gryllov (1551-1611), a professor at Prague University, took a particular interest in |
| 24829 | Berounurbi | The royal Czech town of Beroun was founded in the year 1265, at a strategic position southwest of Pr |
| 24838 | Abilunon | Abilunon is the presumed name of an ancient Celtic town, founded in the first century B.C. on a stra |
| 24847 | Polesný | Bohumil Polesný (1905-1976) served as the director of the České Budějovice Observatory from 1955 to |
| 24858 | Diethelm | Roger Diethelm (b. 1948) is a Swiss observer of variable stars and editor of the variable-stars bull |
| 24950 | Nikhilas | Nikhilas Jonathan Marsden (b. 1995) is the first grandson of Minor Planet Center director Brian G. M |
| 24999 | Hieronymus | Jerome van Aeken (Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450-1516), was a Dutch painter of the late Middle Ages who s |
| 25258 | Nathaniel | Nathaniel Brian Marsden (b. 1997) is the second grandson of Minor Planet Center director Brian G. Ma |
| 25340 | Segoves | Segoves or Segovesus or Sigoves (? 400 B.C.), was a Celtic prince, the first known Celt in the histo |
| 25358 | Boskovice | Boskovice a town in Middle Moravia, was settled in prehistoric times. A gothic castle from the 13th |
| 25383 | Lindacker | Jan Tadeáš Lindacker (1768-1816) was a Czech geologist and botanist. He worked in Osek, near Rokycan |
| 25434 | Westonia | Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581-1612), known as “Westonia”, was an English-Czech poet, known mostly for |
| 25778 | Csere | Elemír Csere (1917-1992) was a keen proponent of colaboration in amateur astronomy, founder of the p |
| 25864 | Banič | Štefan Banič (1870-1941) invented the parachute. In 1913 he constructed a prototype of a parachute |
| 26214 | Kalinga | Bearing the old name of the Indian state of Orissa, UNESCO's Kalinga Prize has been awarded annually |
| 26328 | Litomyšl | The east Bohemian town of Litomyšl was founded in the thirteenth century. This traditional cultural |
| 26376 | Roborosa | Róbert “Robo” Rosa (1964-1994) was a Slovak amateur astronomer and computer graphic designer who par |
| 26390 | Rušin | Vojtech Rušin (b. 1942), solar physicist of the Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, |
| 26401 | Sobotište | Sobotište is a village in southwestern Slovakia with a rich history. The first written reference is |
| 26640 | Bahýľ | Ján Bahýľ (1856-1916) invented and constructed many technical devices, such as a petrol motor-driven |
| 26661 | Kempelen | Wolfgang Kempelen (1734-1804), a polymath, mechanic and inventor, constructed a speech machine in 17 |
| 26897 | Červená | Czech opera singer Soňa Červená (b. 1925) made her debut in Brno and moved to Berlin in 1958. She pe |
| 26963 | Palorapavý | Pavol “Palo” Rapavý (b. 1955), director of the public observatory in Rimavská Sobota since 1981, is |
| 26969 | Biver | Nicolas Biver (b. 1969) is a French astronomer. His research specialty is the observation and modeli |
| 26970 | Eliáš | Czech geologist Mojmír Eliáš (1932-2002) studied regional geology of the Carpathian flysch. Prolific |
| 26973 | Lála | Petr Lála (b. 1942) started his career in 1964 as an astronomer at the Ondřejov observatory. There h |
| 26986 | Čáslavská | Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942) became famous for her extraordinary achievements at the Olymp |
| 27079 | Vsetín | Vsetín is a town in the Valašsko (Wallachia) region of eastern Moravia. A public observatory founde |
| 27088 | Valmez | Valmez is a colloquial abbreviation of the name of the Moravian town Valašské Meziříčí, a gateway to |
| 27132 | Ježek | Czech composer Jaroslav Ježek (1906-1942) conducted the orchestra Osvobozené divadlo (“Libera |
| 27525 | Vartovka | Vartovka is a hill near the town of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. A watchtower was built there in the s |
| 27960 | Dobiáš | Václav Dobiáš (1909-1978), Czech composer, organizer of musical life and pedagogue, educated a numbe |
| 27974 | Drejsl | Radim Drejsl (1923-1953), one of the most talented Czech composers of his day, brought the Army Arti |
| 27978 | Lubosluka | A significant number of the compositions of Luboš Sluka (b. 1928) were intended for children. For m |
| 27986 | Hanuš | Besides writing chamber music, symphonies and operas, Jan Hanuš (b. 1915) was an organizer of the mu |
| 28019 | Warchal | Bohdan Warchal (1930-2000) was an outstanding violinist, conductor and teacher. A member of the Slo |
| 28107 | Sapar | Arved-Ervin Sapar (b. 1933) carried out pioneering studies of cosmology in Tartu, Estonia. He took |
| 28220 | York | York, the capital of northern England for more than 2000 years, is an impressive city with a survivi |
| 28614 | Vejvoda | Jaromír Vejvoda (1902-1988), Czech musician, bandmaster and composer, is the author of the world-fam |
| 28878 | Segner | In 1750 Slovak physicist and physician Ján Andrej Segner (1704-1777) constructed a simple-reaction w |
| 29419 | Mládková | Meda Mládková (b. 1919) is a Czech art historian and benefactor. A former dancer, she went to Genev |
| 29456 | Evakrchová | Since 1980 Slovak amateur astronomer Eva Krchová (b. 1953) has been a spiritus agens of amate |
| 29464 | Leonmiš | Leon Miš (b. 1972), an astronomer at the Úpice observatory, contributed much to the organization of |
| 29471 | Spejbl | The Czech marionette Spejbl represents the father of mischievous Hurvínek. They demonstrate the dif |
| 29472 | Hurvínek | Hurvínek, the Czech marionette representing Spejbl's mischievous son, has performed at The Theatre o |
| 29473 | Krejčí | František Krejčí (1901-1984), an honorary member of the Czechoslovak Astronomical Society, in 1963 f |
| 29476 | Kvíčala | Jan Kvíčala (1913-1972), Czech jurist and amateur astronomer, was a keen observer of variable stars |
| 29477 | Zdíkšíma | Zdislav Šíma (b. 1947) is a Prague astronomer who works on the problems of the gravitational fields |
| 29490 | Myslbek | Czech sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922) was a representative of realism. His best work is t |
| 29555 | MACEK | A partial anagram of the Czech word for microaccelerometer, MACEK was designed under the leadership |
| 29668 | Ipf | Ipf is a mostly treeless mountain in the southwest of the Ries impact crater in Baden-Württemberg, G |
| 29674 | Raušal | Karel Raušal (1906-1983), Czech jurist and an honorary member of the Czechoslovak Astronomical Socie |
| 29738 | Ivobudil | Ivo Budil (b. 1933), Czech journalist and popularizer of science, including astronomy, is known as t |
| 29760 | Milevsko | Milevsko is a small South Bohemian town founded in the 12th century at the crossroad of two trade ro |
| 30253 | Vítek | Antonín Vítek (b. 1940), a Czech biochemist and computer specialist, became an enthusiastic space po |
| 30564 | Olomouc | The city of Olomouc is the center of the Haná region in the heart of Moravia. The seat of Catholic b |
| 31124 | Slavíček | Karel Slavíček (1678-1735), Jesuit missionary and scientist was the first Czech sinologist. Togethe |
| 31139 | Garnavich | Peter M. Garnavich (b. 1958), an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, works |
| 31232 | Slavonice | The pleasant historical town of Slavonice is located in the Three corners (Czech-Moravian-Austrian b |
| 31238 | Kroměříž | The Moravian town of Kroměříž, known mainly for its gardens and Archbishop's castle, offers an excep |
| 31323 | Lysá hora | The highest mountain (1323 m) in the Beskydy range, at the northwestern part of the Carpathian Mount |
| 31324 | Jiřímrázek | Jiří Mrázek (1923-1978) was a Czech geophysicist specializing in ionospheric studies but with much w |
| 32294 | Zajonc | Czech zoologist and amateur astronomer Ivo Zajonc (b. 1933) spent most of his professional life in S |
| 33058 | Kovařík | Oton Kovařík (b. 1928), Czech actor, orator and painter, is now living in California with his wife D |
| 33157 | Pertile | Czech amateur astronomer Tomáš Pertile (b. 1933) popularized astronomy in the former Ostrava Observa |
| 33377 | Večerníček | Večerníček is an animated figure accompanied by music. It invites children to the Czech Television t |
| 33528 | Jinzeman | Jindřich Zeman (1894-1978), a Czech amateur astronomer living in the town of Hradec Králové, was an |
| 35233 | Krčín | Jakub Krčín of Jelčany (1535-1604) became famous for designing and making ponds in South Bohemia. N |
| 35237 | Matzner | Antonín Matzner (b. 1944) is a musicologist, music journalist, producer and organizer in a huge numb |
| 35268 | Panoramix | Panoramix, also known as Getafix, is the village druid in the cartoon series Les aventures d´Aste |
| 35269 | Idefix | Idefix, also known as Dogmatix, is small white dog belonging to Obelix in the cartoon series Les |
| 35356 | Vondrák | Czech astronomer Jan Vondrák (b. 1940), currently president of IAU Division I, has made important co |
| 35365 | Cooney | Walt Cooney (b. 1962), of Sonoita Research Observatory, Arizona, and Blackberry Observatory, Louisia |
| 35446 | Stáňa | Stáňa (Stanislava) Setváková (b. 1967) is a staff member of the Prague Planetarium and wife of mete |
| 35977 | Lexington | Lexington is a town some 15 km northwest of Boston, Massachusetts. As the site, on 1775 Apr. 19, of |
| 36035 | Petrvok | Petr Vok z Rožmberka (Peter Wok of Rosenberg, 1539-1611) was the last member of a significant mediev |
| 36226 | Mackerras | Charles Mackerras (b. 1925), an authority on Janáček and other Slavonic composers, often conducts th |
| 36235 | Sergebaudo | French conductor Serge Baudo (b. 1927) collaborates with the most distinguished symphonic orchestras |
| 36888 | Škrabal | Czech construction engineer and amateur astronomer Emil Škrabal (b. 1906) established several techni |
| 37279 | Hukvaldy | Hukvaldy castle in northeastern Moravia was built in the thirteenth century to guard the trade route |
| 37736 | Jandl | Czech child actor Ivan Jandl (1937-1987) appeared in the film The Search as a Czech boy who h |
| 37788 | Suchan | Pavel Suchan (b. 1956) is a popularizer of astronomy at the Stefanik Observatory in Prague. He also |
| 37859 | Bobkoff | Despite shooting through the urban skies of Denver, CO, and around trees and houses from his apartme |
| 37939 | Hašler | Czech song writer, actor, movie director and cabaretier Karel Hašler (1879-1941) was enormously love |
| 38461 | Jiřítrnka | Jiří Trnka (1912-1969) is a Czech graphic artist, painter, maker of puppets, director of animated an |
| 38674 | Těšínsko | Těšínsko is a region in the southeastern part of Silesia, where the Olza river traverses. In the thi |
| 40106 | Erben | Karel Jaromír Erben (1811-1870) was a collector of folk songs, rhymes and fairy tales. In 1864 he p |
| 40206 | Lhenice | The market town of Lhenice was first mentioned in 1263. St. James' Church, located on its square, is |
| 40230 | Rožmberk | Rožmberkové (The Rosenbergs) belonged to one of the most significant Bohemian noble families, playin |
| 40410 | Příhoda | Pavel Příhoda (b. 1934) has devoted his life to the popularization of astronomy. At the Prague Plan |
| 40444 | Palacký | František Palacký (1798-1876), Czech historian and politician, contributed greatly to the restorati |
| 40459 | Rektorys | Karel Rektorys (b. 1923), Czech mathematician and professor at the Czech Technical University in Pra |
| 42377 | KLENOT | The name of the KLENOT Project is an abbreviation for the KLEť observatory Near Earth and Other unus |
| 43971 | Gabzdyl | Pavel Gabzdyl (b. 1974) is a Czech planetary astronomer who specializes in studying the moon. He is |
| 44613 | Rudolf | Rudolf II (1552-1612), of the Habsburg dynasty, was a Czech and Hungarian king and Roman emperor. He |
| 45299 | Stivell | Alan Stivell (Alan Cochevelou, b. 1944) is a French and Breton musician. The major influence in his |
| 46280 | Hollar | Václav Hollar (1606-1677) was a prominent Czech graphic artist, painter of vedutas, landscapes, imag |
| 46692 | Taormina | Taormina is Sicily's most picturesque town, located on the slopes of Mt. Tauro, overlooking the sea |
| 46722 | Ireneadler | Irene Adler is the heroine of the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia. She outwitted |
| 47144 | Faulkes | M. C. ‘Dill’ Faulkes (b. 1944), originally graduated in cosmology. After a career in the software in |
| 48171 | Juza | Karel Juza (1952-1994) was a Czech stellar astronomer who worked at the observatories in Valašské Me |
| 48638 | Třebíč | The Moravian town of Třebíč is known mainly for the Basilica of St. Procopius built in the early 13t |
| 48782 | Fierz | Swiss teacher Olga Fierz (1900-1990) dedicated all her life to the custody of children in difficult |
| 48785 | Pitter | Czech philanthropist and pacifist Přemysl Pitter (1895-1976) cared for street children. During the S |
| 48844 | Belloves | Belloves or Bellovesus (? 400 BC), was a Celtic prince, the first known Celt in the history of the |
| 49448 | Macocha | The Macocha chasm is a part of the cave system created by the lost river Punkva in the Moravian Kars |
| 49698 | Váchal | Josef Váchal (1884-1969) was a Czech artist whose specific work combined graphic art, wood carving, |
| 50413 | Petrginz | Petr Ginz (1928-1944) was a Prague-born Jewish boy interested in writing and painting and a lover of |
| 51261 | Holuša | Jiří Holuša (1964-2011) worked for two decades as an educator at Ostrava Planetarium, Czech Republic |
| 52604 | Thomayer | Josef Thomayer (1853-1927), Czech professor of internal medicine at the Charles University of Prague |
| 53093 | La Orotava | La Orotava is an old town on Tenerife Island, distinguished by its magnificent architecture and by i |
| 53159 | Mysliveček | Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) was a Czech composer from the period of early classicism. He worked in |
| 53285 | Mojmír | Mojmír, a Moravian prince, was the first sufficiently well-known ruler of the Great Moravian Empire. |
| 55082 | Xlendi | Xlendi is one of the most beautiful fishing villages on Gozo Island, characterized by glorious blue- |
| 55874 | Brlka | Petr Brlka (1945-1966), a Czech amateur astronomer, was a member since 1959 and from 1963 the chairm |
| 56329 | Tarxien | The Tarxien Temples on Malta are thought to date from between 3600 and 2500 B.C. There are four lin |
| 56422 | Mnajdra | Mnajdra is a prehistoric temple complex built with large limestone blocks, located on the southern c |
| 58578 | Žídek | Ivo Žídek (1926-2003) was outstanding Czech tenor singer. He spent 40 years as a soloist of the Nati |
| 58664 | IYAMMIX | The International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) is a global effort initiated by the IAU and UNESCO to |
| 59830 | Reynek | Bohuslav Reynek (1892-1971) was a Czech poet and graphic artist. His work was inspired by the Czech |
| 60000 | Miminko | “Miminko” is Czech word that expresses the unique stage of innocence at the beginning of human life. |
| 60001 | Adélka | Adélka Kotková (b. 2006) is the discoverer's daughter. |
| 60008 | Jarda | Jaroslav Kotek (b. 1956), the discoverer's husband, is a lighting engineer, engaged also in night-sk |
| 60148 | Seanurban | Sean E. Urban (b. 1962) has made significant advances to astrometry, including completion of the red |
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| 61404 | Očenášek | Czech handyman Ludvík Očenášek (1872-1949) constructed a radial engine for airplanes and his own mon |
| 62794 | Scheirich | Petr Scheirich (b. 1979) is an astronomer at the Ondřejov Observatory who is an expert in modeling o |
| 69469 | Krumbenowe | Krumbenowe (Chrumbenowe) is the oldest documented name of the town of Český Krumlov. Dating from th |
| 70409 | Srnín | The village of Srnín, founded by Zlatá Koruna monastery, was first mentioned in 1400. Situated at th |
| 70679 | Urzidil | Johannes Urzidil (1896-1970), a Czech-German writer, poet and journalist, was a friend of M. Brod, F |
| 70936 | Kámen | Kámen is an originally Gothic castle in southern Bohemia near the town of Pacov, first mentioned in |
| 71783 | Izeryna | The Izera Dark Sky Park was established in Jizerské hory, around the border between the Czech Republ |
| 72447 | Polińska | Magdalena Polińska (b. 1981) is an assistant professor researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University |
| 74024 | Hrabě | Václav Hrabě (1940-1965), Czech poet and writer, was the most important member of the Beat Generatio |
| 74370 | Kolářjan | Jan Kolář (b. 1944) started his professional career in satellite remote sensing in 1975. Since the |
| 75223 | Wupatki | Wupatki pueblo served as a cultural and trade center situated in one of the warmest driest places on |
| 76713 | Wudia | Milan Wudia (1963-2007) was an outstanding Czech engineer and a pioneer of automated telescopes. He |
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| 78536 | Shrbený | Lukáš Shrbený (b. 1981) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of |
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| 85516 | Vaclík | František “Freddy” Vaclík (1942-2010) was an amateur astronomer interested in variable star visual o |
| 87097 | Lomaki | Lomaki is one of smaller pueblos surrounding the main Wupatki pueblo. Its ruins preserve clues to ge |
| 89909 | Linie | Linie was the avant-garde association of artists active in České Budějovice from 1931 to 1939. Its |
| 90279 | Devětsil | Devětsil was the Czech avant-garde group of artists active from 1920 to 1930, led by V. Nezval, J. S |
| 90926 | Stáhalík | Martin Stáhalík (1962-2001), Czech aerobatic pilot, won medals at the World Championships in all thr |
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| 183560 | Křišťan | Medieval Czech astronomer Křišťan z Prachatic (or Cristannus de Prachaticz, before 1370-1439) was kn |
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| 192439 | Cílek | Václav Cílek (b. 1955) is a Czech geologist, climatologist, writer, philosopher and science populari |
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