Kleť Observatory Explained

Kleť Observatory (Hvězdárna Kleť; obs. code: 046) is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice. Constructed in 1957, the observatory is at an altitude of 1070m (3,510feet) and has around 150 clear nights per year.

Astronomers

Astronomer Antonín Mrkos became director of Kleť Observatory in 1965.[1]

Two main astronomers who currently work at Kleť Observatory are Jana Tichá and her husband Miloš Tichý.[2]

Instruments

The observatory has two primary telescopes:

Discoveries

Minor planets discovered: 315 
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As of 2015 over a thousand asteroids were discovered at Kleť Observatory, as well as comet 196P/Tichý.[3] [4]

Asteroid 5583 Braunerova was discovered by A. Mrkos at Kleť Observatory in 1989.The asteroid 7796 Járacimrman was (re)discovered at Kleť Observatory on 16 January 1996 by Zdeněk Moravec and was designated 1996 BG. It was observed until April 1996 and then in June and July 1997. It was discovered to be a lost asteroid which had previously been observed twice: at the Brera-Merate Observatory in northern Italy on 12 December 1973 and at Siding Spring Observatory (Australia), on 8 and 9 July 1990. Asteroid 4250 Perun, provisional designation "1984 UG", was discovered by Zdeňka Vávrová on 20 October 1984.

Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

7390 Kundera 31 August 1983
7672 Hawking 24 October 1995
7799 Martinšolc 24 February 1996
8137 Kvíz 19 September 1979
8719 Vesmír 11 November 1995
8990 Compassion 19 February 1980
9087 Neff 29 September 1995
1 May 1997
9665 Inastronoviny 5 June 1996
1 July 1997
18 October 1996
12409 Bukovanská 28 September 1995
12790 Cernan 24 October 1995
12799 von Suttner 26 November 1995
12835 Stropek 7 February 1997
14056 Kainar 13 January 1996
20 September 1997
17 December 1998
18 December 1998
4 July 1999
1 March 1995
17611 Jožkakubík 24 October 1995
9 December 1996
19 February 1998
8 September 1999
10 December 1995
19 July 1999
6 March 1997
8 October 1999
21257 Jižní Čechy 26 February 1996
12 December 1996
24847 Polesný 26 November 1995
5 August 1998
17 August 1998
25383 Lindacker 18 October 1999
13 August 1997
18 January 1999
15 October 1996
22 September 1997
26 February 1998
18 December 1998
28614 Vejvoda 25 March 2000
29760 Milevsko 15 February 1999
20 August 1996
6 February 1997
12 August 1997
19 October 1997
15 January 1998
26 January 1998
21 April 1998
24 November 1998
25 March 1999
29 August 2001
24 October 1995
19 August 1996
6 March 1997
29 October 1997
18 February 1998
20 April 1998
26 August 2000
21 January 1999
21 April 1999
26 November 1995
7 February 1997
24 March 1998
24 September 1998
29 October 1997
27 January 1998
25 March 1998
18 October 1999
7 April 1998
1 November 1999
30 November 1999
13 January 2000
30 April 2001
26 February 1996
16 July 1996
9 October 1997
24 April 1998
24 September 1998
8 October 1999
7 January 2000
15 January 1997
3 February 1997
13 January 2000
9 April 2000
4 May 2000
8 August 1996
18 January 1999
3 May 2000
20 February 1998
21 February 1998
23 April 1998
2 April 2000
11 December 1996
11 September 1997
25 September 1997
27 January 1998
27 January 1998
26 March 1998
10 December 1998
20 January 1999
7 August 1999
28 August 2001
21 November 1995
15 November 1999
2 January 2000
4 October 1996
6 December 1996
20 February 1998
9 December 1998
29 November 1999
24 October 1995
14 January 1997
26 September 1997
21 October 1998
15 December 1998
16 December 1998
20 August 1999
2 October 1999
12 January 2000
15 February 2001
9 September 1994
4 December 1996
6 February 1998
31 March 1998
79896 Billhaley 20 January 1999
28 November 1999
14 January 2000
14 January 2000
4 October 1996
4 December 1996
14 January 1997
15 January 1997
23 October 1997
29 October 1997
19 February 1998
21 October 1998
8 December 1998
18 December 1998
21 January 1999
13 October 2001
26 September 1995
23 October 1995
16 January 1997
3 April 1997
5 October 1997
18 February 1998
26 March 1998
20 January 1999
22 January 1999
20 April 1999
15 January 2001
15 January 2002
11 November 1997
19 February 1998
7 September 2000
23 December 2000
26 December 2000
24 October 1995
22 July 1996
15 October 1996
13 January 1997
16 January 1997
6 February 1997
22 October 1997
31 August 1998
20 January 1999
15 February 1999
6 August 1999
15 September 1999
15 November 1999
28 November 1999
28 November 1999
30 November 1999
25 March 2000
27 February 2001
7 May 2002
14 January 1997
26 March 1998
30 March 1998
30 April 1998
15 December 1998
24 March 1999
8 September 1999
14 September 1999
28 November 1999
13 January 2000
8 September 2004
19 October 1997
4 November 1997
21 September 1999
8 March 2002
10 December 1998
13 January 2000
14 January 2000
26 September 1997
19 October 1997
21 October 1998
1 October 2002
22 February 2003
4 January 2002
6 April 2002
20 February 1998
25 November 1998
22 December 1998
24 December 1998
28 February 2003
21 October 1995
155438 Velásquez 18 February 1998
4 May 2000
27 February 2003
13 October 1998
20 September 1997
12 October 1999
13 December 2002
13 January 1997
8 April 1997
6 April 1998
14 September 1999
8 July 2002
15 January 1997
24 September 1998
23 October 1995
20 August 1996
24 October 1995
13 March 2002
20 February 2004
12 January 1997
2 April 2002
30 September 2002
25 September 1997
17 January 2005
19 February 1998
30 March 1998
18 January 1999
5 January 2000
18 September 2001
26 October 2003
9 September 2004
2 October 1999
16 February 2001
3 April 2005
11 August 1997
13 September 1999
13 January 2000
9 September 2000
20 August 1999
26 August 2003
22 October 1995
7 September 2002
28 February 2003
15 September 1999
26 September 2003
24 September 1998
15 August 2004
23 October 2000
9 September 2004
15 September 1999
15 February 2001
4 March 2005
12 October 1996
31 January 1998
2 September 2008
20 September 2003
15 October 2007
1 April 2005
31 July 2001
19 October 1997
18 February 1998
22 February 2003
24 October 1995
2 September 2004
5 September 2004
8 September 2004
30 August 2008
27 August 2008
23 August 2003
15 October 2001
7 September 2002
18 October 2003
12 March 2007
22 October 1995
3 May 2003
23 August 2003
22 October 2000
29 March 2004
18 September 2003
18 October 2003
14 October 2007
26 October 2003
8 August 2004
5 September 2004
14 February 2001
18 October 2003
14 February 2001
27 August 2008
11 April 2007
7 September 2004
26 August 2003
4 December 2004
6 February 2005
8 October 1999
15 August 2004
6 January 2000
24 October 2003
12 March 2007
30 September 1996
16 October 2007
4 April 2002
23 August 2003
2 September 2004
6 March 2008
12 March 2007
18 October 1997

KLENOT project

Minor planets discovered: 30 
see

KLENOT is an initialism of KLET Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope.[5] It is limited to objects with a visual apparent magnitude of 22.0 and brighter.[6]

List of discovered minor planets

42377 KLENOT 8 March 2002
68779 Schöninger 18 March 2002
89909 Linie 8 March 2002
90279 Devětsil 26 February 2003
111913 Davidgans 1 April 2002
126780 Ivovasiljev 10 March 2002
128622 Rudiš 4 September 2004
149160 Geojih 1 April 2002
149728 Klostermann 19 May 2004
157064 Sedona 26 September 2003
159743 Kluk 23 March 2003
159799 Kralice 15 September 2003
159814 Saguaro 27 September 2003
166570 Adolfträger 8 September 2002
170306 Augustzátka 18 September 2003
175017 Záboří 28 March 2004
183560 Křišťan 24 May 2003
191282 Feustel 22 March 2003
204370 Ferdinandvaněk 5 October 2004
209107 Šafránek 16 September 2003
213771 Johndee 27 February 2003
215841 Čimelice 6 February 2005
223360 Švankmajer 16 September 2003
230648 Zikmund 17 September 2003
232923 Adalovelace 15 January 2005
235621 Kratochvíle 5 September 2004
250374 Jírovec 17 October 2003
350969 Boiohaemum 27 February 2003
363623 Chelčický 15 August 2004
405207 Konstanz 24 May 2003

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: První český vědec na Antarktidě: Výzkum v nejdrsnějších podmínkách na Zemi . cs . Hynek . Adámek . . 18 May 2012 . 31 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120520141914/http://www.national-geographic.cz/detail/prvni-cesky-vedec-na-antarktide-vyzkum-v-nejdrsnejsich-podminkach-na-zemi-18779 . 20 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: Na Kleti patří k nejlepším hledačům planetek, už jich mají tisíc. Mlsová. Ludmila. 18 February 2013. Mladá fronta DNES. iDNES. cs. 18 February 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130220065708/http://budejovice.idnes.cz/tisic-plenetek-na-kleti-0va-/budejovice-zpravy.aspx?c=A130218_152510_budejovice-zpravy_khr . 20 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Klet' Observatory & KLENOT Project. www.klet.org. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630021948/http://www.klet.org/2/7/discoveries. 30 June 2017.
  4. Web site: 196P/Tichy (2000). www.aerith.net. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050556/http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0196P/2000U6.html. 4 March 2016.
  5. Web site: KLENOT Project Homepage . 15 February 2016 . Klet.org . 24 March 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315205411/http://www.klet.org/?stranka=klenot&menu_id=4&uroven=2 . 15 March 2016 .
  6. Web site: KLENOT Introduction . 15 February 2016 . Klet.org . 13 January 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223082318/http://www.klet.org/3/118/klenot_intro . 23 February 2016 .

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