Lenka Kotková Explained

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Lenka Kotková (née Šarounová; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.

She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), located near Prague. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann.

Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stellar department as an observant with a two-metre Ondřejov telescope.

In the year 2000 she received the Zdeněk Kvíz Award of the Czech Astronomical Society for significant work in the research of variable stars.

The asteroid 10390 Lenka, discovered by her colleagues Petr Pravec and Marek Wolf in 1997, is named after her. The asteroid 60001 Adélka, discovered by her in 1999, is named after her daughter, while 7897 Bohuška, discovered by her in 1995, is named after her mother.

List of discovered minor planets

important; height: 324px;
	20 August 1995
	18 April 1996	 
	12 March 1995
	21 April 1995	 
	28 December 1996	 
	23 July 1995
	4 November 1997
	5 October 1997
	21 April 1995	 
	20 September 1997
	10 January 1998
	8 April 1998

important; height: 324px;
	10 January 1998
	17 September 1995
	13 March 1999
	17 September 1995
	17 September 1995
	20 April 1996	 
	11 November 1998
	13 March 1999
	22 July 1995
	19 August 1998
	19 March 1996	 
	20 July 1996

important; height: 324px;
	2 May 1997
	5 October 1997
	14 January 1997
	12 March 1995
	20 September 1997
	2 October 1999
	28 August 1998
	27 October 1997
	5 October 1997
	20 September 1997
	11 October 1997
	9 November 1997

important; height: 324px;
	26 August 1997	 
	13 September 1997
	28 October 1997
	10 November 1997
	18 September 1995
	14 January 1996	 
	5 August 1995
	18 July 1999	 
	6 June 1996	 
	21 September 1997
	22 August 1999
	4 September 1999

important; height: 324px;
	22 September 1995
	8 August 1999
	4 September 1999
	2 October 1999
	4 October 1999
	2 December 1999
	19 October 1997
	7 September 1998
	22 September 1995
	1 February 1997
	20 October 1997
	2 October 1999

important; height: 324px;
	22 September 1995
	14 January 1998
	2 October 1999
	5 August 1995
	4 November 1997
	11 December 1998	 
	26 February 2000
	21 September 1997
	19 October 1997
	29 October 1997
	4 November 1997
	14 January 1998

important; height: 324px;
	22 September 1998
	13 January 1997
	24 September 1997
	27 October 1997
	27 October 1997
	21 October 1997	 
	9 November 1997
	10 January 1998
	18 April 1996
	27 April 1998
	22 October 1997	 
	23 August 1995

important; height: 324px;
	25 September 1997	 
	28 October 1997
	27 February 1998
	5 September 1999
	23 September 1999	 
	14 October 1999
	31 October 1999
	1 November 1999
	16 April 1998
	8 August 1999
	9 August 2000
	29 October 1997

important; height: 324px;
	28 August 1998
	4 September 1999
	21 September 1999
	2 December 1999
	9 August 2000
	26 August 1998
	4 October 1999
	31 October 1999
	2 September 1997	 
	27 August 1998
	18 September 1995
	18 April 1996

important; height: 324px;
	20 September 1997
	20 September 1997
	16 September 1998	 
	13 October 1998
	13 May 2000
	4 June 2000
	15 September 1997
	5 October 1997
	10 October 1997
	10 December 1998
	25 March 1999
	31 January 1997

important; height: 324px;
	18 September 1995
	21 April 1996	 
	19 October 1996
	24 September 1997
	24 September 1997
	11 October 1997
	20 April 1998
	8 February 1999
	2 October 1999
	4 October 1999
	14 October 1999
	15 July 2001

important; height: 324px;
	30 August 2001
	22 October 2000
	12 November 1998
	31 August 1999
	2 October 1999
	7 October 1999	 
	31 October 1999
	1 November 1999
	16 February 2001	 
	24 September 1997
	5 September 1999
	22 October 1997

important; height: 324px;
	13 October 1998
	1 November 1999
	22 August 2000	 
	21 July 2001	 
	23 August 1995
	9 July 1997
	10 October 1997
	28 October 1997
	20 December 1998	 
	18 September 1995
	11 October 1997
	11 October 1997

important; height: 324px;
	5 January 1999	 
	3 September 1999
	22 September 1999
	2 October 1999
	31 October 1999
	26 November 1999
	24 May 2000
	14 February 2001
	16 February 2001	 
	2 April 1997
	23 October 1997
	10 November 1997

important; height: 324px;
	20 December 1998	 
	8 September 2000
	8 September 2000
	24 September 2000	 
	8 September 1999
	21 April 1995	 
	1 February 1997
	10 December 1998
	3 September 1999
	2 October 1999
	31 October 1999
	19 October 2000

important; height: 324px;
	11 May 2001
	11 May 2001
	15 July 2001
	19 September 1999
	15 July 2001
	9 October 1997
	4 November 1997
	29 December 1998
	25 August 1999
	19 September 1999
	8 August 2000
	14 February 2001

important; height: 324px;
	3 September 1999
	2 October 1999
	15 February 2001	 
	11 May 2001
	27 September 1998
	26 August 1997
	10 December 1998
	1 November 1999
	8 September 2000
	14 February 2001
	20 September 1997
	14 October 1999

important; height: 324px;
	22 September 1995
	26 February 1997
	29 October 1999
	25 September 1995
	12 September 1997	 
	14 April 1999
	4 June 2000
	25 August 1998
	31 August 1999
	31 July 2000
	21 September 1997
	14 September 1998

important; height: 324px;
	14 October 1999
	10 May 2001
	8 September 1999
	20 September 1999
	14 October 1999
	4 September 1999
	1 November 1997	 
	27 August 1998
	31 August 1999
	14 February 2001
	29 August 2001	 
	3 September 1999

important; height: 324px;
	1 August 2000	 
	3 September 1999
	12 October 1998
	15 February 2001	 
	18 March 2002
	17 September 1995
	26 November 1999
	13 May 2001
	23 March 2003
	18 September 2000
	9 February 1999
	2 October 1999

important; height: 324px;
	23 October 1997
	10 May 2001
	27 September 1999
	22 July 2001	 
	22 March 2003
	15 February 2001	 
	22 October 2000
	21 July 2001	 
	25 August 1998
	2 October 1999
	5 September 1999
	28 August 2001

important; height: 324px;
	25 August 2001
	22 July 2001	 
	22 July 2001	 
	30 August 2001
	4 October 1999
	28 August 2001	 
Co-discovery made with: P. Pravec M. Wolf P. Kušnirák J. Montanne A. Kolář L. Vašta