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Miloš Tichý

Miloš Tichý,(* 1966) is a Czech astronomer. He works at Kleť Observatory near České Budějovice. He is a co-founder of project KLENOT to search NEO objects. His name carries the periodic comet, which he discovered in 2000 and then recovered at its next apparition in 2008.

Miloš Tichý was born in 1966. He graduated astronomy at Masaryk University in Brno. He had taken part on several astronomical projects on Kleť Observatory since 1984 during his students years. As a researcher he works at Kleť from 1992. His main research field is astrometry of minor planets  and comets with focus on NEO objects. In 1994 he managed to add a new CCD camera to the Maksutov telescope.

He discovered hundreds of minor planets since then, as for September 2009 he has 448 asteroids with permanent number. He found a new periodic comet in 2000 - P/2000 U6. Miloš Tichý searched for the comet at its next apparition by his own computed ephemerides and he rediscovered it in 2008 as P/2008 C2 Tichý.

Miloš Tichý is co-founder of web pages www.planetky.cz and www.komety.cz. In cooperation with CBAT and MPC he regurarly confirms new discoveries of comets. Together with Z. Sekanina they studied disintegration process of comets nuclei.

Miloš Tichý is married, his wife Jana Tichá is astronomer too.

Asteroid 3337 discovered by Luboš Kohoutek on 1971, 26.. at Bergedorfe was named in his honour   (3337) Miloš.

Citation published in Minor Planet Circular:

(3337) Miloš = 1971 UG1
        Named in honour of Miloš Tichý (1966), Czech astronomer at the Kleť Observatory. He is known for his work on minor planets and comets, discoveries of minor planets and confirmations and follow-up of NEO´s (near-earth obejcts). In 1994 his technical expertize allowed the upgrade of Kleť observations with CCD camera. Name prposed following a suggestion by his wife, jana Tichá, on the occassion of htr 15th anniversary of his first student assignement at Kleť in 1984.

List of comets discovered by Miloš Tichý

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