Jana Tichá Explained

Minor planets discovered: 110 
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Jana Tichá (born 1965 in České Budějovice) 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. 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.

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, while she named her discovery, the main-belt asteroid 8307 Peltan, after several members of her family.

List of discovered minor planets

7441 Láska 30 July 1995  
7493 Hirzo 24 October 1995
7608 Telegramia 22 October 1995
8307 Peltan 5 March 1995
8572 Nijo 19 October 1996  
10234 Sixtygarden 27 December 1997  
10403 Marcelgrün 22 November 1997  
10872 Vaculík 12 October 1996  
11105 Puchnarová 24 October 1995
11128 Ostravia 3 November 1996  
11141 Jindrawalter 12 January 1997  
11144 Radiocommunicata 2 February 1997  
11338 Schiele 13 October 1996  
12010 Kovářov 18 October 1996  
12833 Kamenný Újezd 2 February 1997  
13229 Echion 2 November 1997  
13792 Kuščynskyj 7 November 1998  
14068 Hauserová 21 April 1996  
14541 Sacrobosco 20 September 1997  
14948 Bartuška 16 January 1996  
15399 Hudec 2 November 1997  
16083 Jorvik 12 October 1999  
16709 Auratian 29 September 1995
16742 Zink 21 July 1996  
16794 Cucullia 2 February 1997  
18456 Mišík 8 March 1995  
18841 Hruška 6 September 1999  
19384 Winton 6 February 1998  
20164 Janzajíc 9 November 1996  
21270 Otokar 19 July 1996  
21873 Jindřichůvhradec 29 October 1999  
22442 Blaha 14 October 1996  
22450 Nové Hrady 3 November 1996  
25258 Nathaniel 7 November 1998  
26314 Škvorecký 16 October 1998  
26340 Evamarková 13 December 1998  
26969 Biver 20 September 1997  
27087 Tillmannmohr 24 October 1998  
28220 York 28 December 1998  
29477 Zdíkšíma 31 October 1997  
29738 Ivobudil 23 January 1999  
31232 Slavonice 1 February 1998  
31238 Kroměříž 21 February 1998  
33061 Václavmorava 2 November 1997  
35233 Krčín 26 May 1995  
35269 Idefix 21 August 1996  
35446 Stáňa 6 February 1998  
35977 Lexington 3 July 1999  
35978 Arlington 5 July 1999  
36035 Petrvok 6 August 1999  
37699 Santini-Aichl 13 January 1996  
37736 Jandl 15 November 1996  
14 August 1999  
40206 Lhenice 26 September 1998  
44530 Horáková 25 December 1998  
44597 Thoreau 6 August 1999  
46692 Taormina 2 February 1997  
47144 Faulkes 7 August 1999  
47294 Blanský les 28 November 1999  
48794 Stolzová 5 October 1997  
49698 Váchal 1 November 1999  
50413 Petrginz 27 February 2000  
52665 Brianmay 30 January 1998  
53093 La Orotava 28 December 1998  
55082 Xlendi 25 August 2001  
56329 Tarxien 28 November 1999  
56422 Mnajdra 2 April 2000  
58607 Wenzel 19 October 1997  
58664 IYAMMIX 21 December 1997  
58682 Alenašolcová 10 January 1998  
59001 Senftenberg 26 September 1998  
59797 Píšala 7 August 1999  
59830 Reynek 10 September 1999  
61208 Stonařov 30 July 2000  
66934 Kálalová 26 November 1999  
69469 Krumbenowe 16 November 1996  
70679 Urzidil 30 October 1999  
70936 Kámen 28 November 1999  
74024 Hrabě 23 April 1998  
74370 Kolářjan 9 December 1998  
75223 Wupatki 28 November 1999  
76628 Kozí Hrádek 22 April 2000  
79347 Medlov 4 December 1996  
79354 Brundibár 16 January 1997  
85389 Rosenauer 22 August 1996  
85516 Vaclík 2 November 1997  
1 February 1998  
1 February 1998  
87097 Lomaki 7 June 2000  
91007 Ianfleming 30 January 1998  
100735 Alpomořanská 19 February 1998  
101721 Emanuelfritsch 13 March 1999  
118214 Agnesediboemia 12 January 1996  
129595 Vand 2 November 1997  
133077 Jirsík 4 May 2003  
136666 Seidel 17 September 1995  
152750 Brloh 21 January 1999  
171588 Náprstek 26 November 1999  
192439 Cílek 1 November 1997  
22 March 2003  
17 September 2003  
25 February 2003  
25 September 2003  
23 March 2003  
23 March 2003  
4 May 2003  
25 September 2003  
4 May 2003  
23 March 2003  
22 August 2003  
4 May 2003  
25 September 2003  
Co-discovery made with:
M. Tichý

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