Ladislav Brožek Explained

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Ladislav Brožek (born 1952) is a Slovak astronomer. At the Bohemian Kleť Observatory, he discovered a total of 23 minor planets between 1979 and 1982, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.

One of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroid 2613 Plzeň, he named after his birthplace Plzeň (Pilsen). In 1981, he discovered 3102 Krok, a near-Earth object of the Apollo group. He also named another of his discoveries, 3834 Zappafrank, in memory of rock musician and composer Frank Zappa (1940–1993).

List of discovered minor planets

2288 Karolinum 19 October 1979
2613 Plzeň 30 August 1979
2622 Bolzano 9 February 1981
2696 Magion 16 April 1980
3102 Krok 21 August 1981
3386 Klementinum 16 March 1980
3419 Guth 8 May 1981
3423 Slouka 9 February 1981
3424 Nušl 14 February 1982
3603 Gajdušek 5 September 1981
3834 Zappafrank 11 May 1980
4023 Jarník 25 October 1981
4146 Rudolfinum 16 February 1982
4190 Kvasnica 11 May 1980
4369 Seifert 30 July 1982
5221 Fabribudweis 16 March 1980
5417 Solovaya 24 August 1981
6076 Plavec 14 February 1980
6765 Fibonacci 20 January 1982
7739 Čech 14 February 1982
16 February 1982
24 August 1981
27675 Paulmaley 2 February 1981
Note: Ladislav Brožek made no co-discoveries

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