Luboš Kohoutek

Luboš Kohoutek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkoɦou̯tɛk], born 29 January 1935) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973.[2][3]

Luboš Kohoutek
Dr. Kohoutek at NASA Johnson Space Center mission control center during Skylab 4 mission talking with the astronauts on board about the Comet Kohoutek observations
Born (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935
EducationMasaryk University
Known forDiscovery of Comet Kohoutek and other minor planets
Scientific career
FieldsPlanetary astronomy
Minor planets discovered: 76 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Biography

Kohoutek was born in 1935 to Hynek and Jarmila Kohoutek. His brother is the Czech composer Ctirad Kohoutek.

Kohoutek has been interested in astronomy since high school. He studied physics and astronomy at universities in Brno and Prague (finished 1958). Then he started to work in the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, where he published a well-cited catalogue (Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae, 1967). Kohoutek obtained a long term position at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg. After the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (1968) he decided to stay in West Germany (1970). His discoveries in the 1970s made him well-known in the media. In later years Kohoutek worked in observatories in Spain and Chile, working with planetary nebulae. He officially retired in 2001, yet he is still researching at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory. Kohoutek has published 162 scientific works.[3]

Kohoutek is most famous for his discovery of numerous comets, including periodic comets 75D/Kohoutek and 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura, as well as the famously disappointing "Comet Kohoutek" (C/1973 E1).[4]

He has also discovered numerous asteroids, including the Apollo asteroid 1865 Cerberus. The main-belt asteroid 1850 Kohoutek was named after him.[2]

Discoveries

Kohoutek has discovered supernova SN 1973f and 5 comets as well as 76 minor planets.

List of discovered comets

List of discovered minor planets
1834 Palach22 August 1969list
1840 Hus26 October 1971list
1841 Masaryk26 October 1971list
1842 Hynek14 January 1972list
1843 Jarmila14 January 1972list
1861 Komenský24 November 1970list
1865 Cerberus26 October 1971list
1875 Neruda22 August 1969list
1894 Haffner26 October 1971list
1895 Larink26 October 1971list
1896 Beer26 October 1971list
1897 Hind26 October 1971list
1898 Cowell26 October 1971list
1899 Crommelin26 October 1971list
1901 Moravia14 January 1972list
1931 Čapek22 August 1969list
1932 Jansky26 October 1971list
1933 Tinchen14 January 1972list
1942 Jablunka30 September 1972list
1963 Bezovec9 February 1975list
1995 Hajek26 October 1971list
1999 Hirayama27 February 1973list
2047 Smetana26 October 1971list
2055 Dvořák19 February 1974list
2073 Janáček19 February 1974list
2281 Biela26 October 1971list
2375 Radek8 January 1975list
2407 Haug27 February 1973list
2418 Voskovec-Werich26 October 1971list
2472 Bradman27 February 1973list
2541 Edebono27 February 1973list
2667 Oikawa30 October 1967list
2767 Takenouchi30 October 1967list
2838 Takase26 October 1971list
2900 Lubos Perek14 January 1972list
2901 Bagehot27 February 1973list
3081 Martinůboh26 October 1971list
3109 Machin19 February 1974list
3303 Merta30 October 1967list
3336 Grygar26 October 1971list
3337 Miloš26 October 1971list
3407 Jimmysimms28 February 1973list
3475 Fichte4 October 1972list
3514 Hooke26 October 1971list
3627 Sayers28 February 1973list
3635 Kreutz21 November 1981list
3769 Arthurmiller30 October 1967list [A]
3825 Nürnberg30 October 1967list
4137 Crabtree24 November 1970list
4425 Bilk30 October 1967list
5268 Černohorský26 October 1971list
6215 Mehdia7 March 1973list
(6431) 1967 UT30 October 1967list
(6680) 1970 WD24 November 1970list
(7044) 1971 UK26 October 1971list
7806 Umasslowell26 October 1971list
(8606) 1971 UG26 October 1971list
(8607) 1971 UT26 October 1971list
(8779) 1971 UH126 October 1971list
(9513) 1971 UN26 October 1971list
(10003) 1971 UD126 October 1971list
(10260) 1972 TC4 October 1972list
(10987) 1967 US30 October 1967list
(11250) 1972 AU14 January 1972list
(11436) 1969 QR22 August 1969list
(11783) 1971 UN126 October 1971list
(11784) 1971 UT126 October 1971list
(14311) 1971 UK126 October 1971list
(16351) 1971 US26 October 1971list
(20960) 1971 UR26 October 1971list
(24600) 1971 UQ26 October 1971list
24601 Valjean26 October 1971list
(29076) 1972 TR84 October 1972list
(37527) 1971 UJ126 October 1971list
(58094) 1972 AP14 January 1972list
(85118) 1971 UU26 October 1971list
Co-discovery made with:
A A. Kriete

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1850) Kohoutek". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1850) Kohoutek. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 148. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1851. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. O'Meara, Stephen James (2007). Hidden treasures. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-521-83704-0.
  4. Mitton, Simon (Nov 15, 1973). "Prospects for Comet Kohoutek". New Scientist. p. 464.
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