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Comets
Czech & Slovak comet discoverers
Zdenka Vávrová
Zdenka Vávrová (* 1945) is a Czech astronomer.
She worked at Klet Observatory for 20 years. She discovered
more than hundred minor planets and co-discovered 1 short periodic comet.
She worked at Klet Observatory as assistant of Antonín Mrkos during years 1975
- 1995. She worked on astrometry of asteroids and comets.
Discoveries of 115 minor planets, with permanent number were credited to Zdenka Vávrová.
One of her discoveries - asteroid 1983 JG -
turned out to be a periodic comet. It is known as a 134P/Kowal-Vávrová.
Zdenka Vávrová found an asteroid 1980 SM on 1980 Sep. 29, which
received permanent number in November 1997. In April 2014 this asteroid was
named as (7984) Marius
in honor of German astronomer Simon Marius, the independent discoverer of four biggest
Jovian moons, but he publicly
informed about it only few years later than Galileo Galilei.
Foto: Kürti
Foto: Kürti
Asteroid 3364
discovered by Antonín Mrkos on April 5, 1984 at Kle Observatory was named to her honour
(3364) Zdenka.
(3364) Zdenka = 1984 GF
Named in honour of Zdenka Vávrová for her 20 devoted years
in the atrometric program at Kle.
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List of comets discovered by Zdenka Vávrová
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Comet |
Designation
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Date of discovery
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Brightness
at discovery
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Previous
designation
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134P |
1983 May 14 |
16.5 magn. |
1983 t |
References: magazines Říe hvězd, Kozmos
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