LUBOš KOHOUTEK

'Luboš Kohoutek' (January 29 1935, Zábřeh in Moravia) is a Czech astronomer.
Kohoutek has been interested with astronomy since high school. He studied physics and astronomy at universities in Brno and Prague (finished 1958). Then he started to work in Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, where he published well cited catalog (''Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae'', 1967). Kohoutek obtained long term position in observatory in Hamburg-Bergedorf. After Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (1968) he decided to stay in Germany (1970). His discoveries in 70's made him well known in media. In later years Kohoutek worked in observatories in Spain and Chile, working with planetary nebulae. He retired in 2001. Kohoutek published 162 scientific works.

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Astronomical discoveries

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Astronomical discoveries

Kohoutek is most famous for discoveries of numerous comets, including periodic comets 75P/Kohoutek and 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura, as well as the famously disappointing non-periodic "Comet Kohoutek" (C/1973 E1).
He also discovered numerous asteroids, including the Apollo asteroid 1865 Cerberus.
The asteroid 1850 Kohoutek was named in his honour.

Asteroids discovered: 75

1834 Palach	August 22 1969
1840 Hus	October 26 1971
1841 Masaryk	October 26 1971
1842 Hynek	January 14 1972
1843 Jarmila	January 14 1972
1861 Komenský	November 24 1970
1865 Cerberus	October 26 1971
1875 Neruda	August 22 1969
1894 Haffner	October 26 1971
1895 Larink	October 26 1971
1896 Beer	October 26 1971
1897 Hind	October 26 1971
1898 Cowell	October 26 1971
1899 Crommelin	October 26 1971
1901 Moravia	January 14 1972
1931 Čapek	August 22 1969
1932 Jansky	October 26 1971
1933 Tinchen	January 14 1972
1942 Jablunka	September 30 1972
1963 Bezovec	February 9 1975
1995 Hajek	October 26 1971
1999 Hirayama	February 27 1973
2047 Smetana	October 26 1971
2055 Dvořák	February 19 1974
2073 Janáček	February 19 1974
2281 Biela	October 26 1971
2375 Radek	January 8 1975
2407 Haug	February 27 1973
2418 Voskovec-Werich	October 26 1971
2472 Bradman	February 27 1973
2541 Edebono	February 27 1973
2667 Oikawa	October 30 1967
2767 Takenouchi	October 30 1967
2838 Takase	October 26 1971
2900 Luboš Perek	January 14 1972
2901 Bagehot	February 27 1973
3081 Martinůboh	October 26 1971
3109 Machin	February 19 1974
3303 Merta	October 30 1967
3336 Grygar	October 26 1971
3337 Miloš	October 26 1971
3407 Jimmysimms	February 28 1973
3475 Fichte	October 4 1972
3514 Hooke	October 26 1971
3627 Sayers	February 28 1973
3635 Kreutz	November 21 1981
(3769) 1967 UV ★	October 30 1967
3825 Nürnberg	October 30 1967
(4137) 1970 WC	November 24 1970
(4425) 1967 UQ	October 30 1967
	October 26 1971
(6215) 1973 EK	March 7 1973
(6431) 1967 UT	October 30 1967
(6680) 1970 WD	November 24 1970
(7044) 1971 UK	October 26 1971
(7806) 1971 UM	October 26 1971
(8606) 1971 UG	October 26 1971
(8607) 1971 UT	October 26 1971
	October 26 1971
(9513) 1971 UN	October 26 1971
	October 26 1971
(10260) 1972 TC	October 4 1972
(10987) 1967 US	October 30 1967
(11250) 1972 AU	January 14 1972
(11436) 1969 QR	August 22 1969
	October 26 1971
	October 26 1971
	October 26 1971
(16351) 1971 US	October 26 1971
(20960) 1971 UR	October 26 1971
(24600) 1971 UQ	October 26 1971
(24601) 1971 UW	October 26 1971
	October 4 1972
	October 26 1971
(58094) 1972 AP	January 14 1972

★ with A. Kriete

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★ Biography (in Czech)

★ List of discoveries