Luboš Kohoutek

+ Minor planets discovered: 76

Biography Kohoutek was born on 29 January 1935 to Hynek and Jarmila Kohoutek. His brother was the Czech composer Ctirad Kohoutek.

Kohoutek was 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, studying planetary nebulae. He officially retired in 2001, yet kept researching at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory. Kohoutek published 162 scientific works.

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

Discoveries Kohoutek discovered supernova SN 1973F, 5 comets, and 76 minor planets.

List of discovered comets 75D/Kohoutek 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek) C/1969 O1-A (Kohoutek) C/1973 D1 (Kohoutek)

List of discovered minor planets

1834 Palach 22 August 1969 1840 Hus 26 October 1971 1841 Masaryk 26 October 1971 1842 Hynek 14 January 1972 1843 Jarmila 14 January 1972 1861 Komenský 24 November 1970 1865 Cerberus 26 October 1971 1875 Neruda 22 August 1969 1894 Haffner 26 October 1971 1895 Larink 26 October 1971 1896 Beer 26 October 1971 1897 Hind 26 October 1971 1898 Cowell 26 October 1971 1899 Crommelin 26 October 1971 1901 Moravia 14 January 1972 1931 Čapek 22 August 1969 1932 Jansky 26 October 1971 1933 Tinchen 14 January 1972 1942 Jablunka 30 September 1972 1963 Bezovec 9 February 1975 1995 Hajek 26 October 1971 1999 Hirayama 27 February 1973 2047 Smetana 26 October 1971 2055 Dvořák 19 February 1974 2073 Janáček 19 February 1974 2281 Biela 26 October 1971 2375 Radek 8 January 1975 2407 Haug 27 February 1973 2418 Voskovec-Werich 26 October 1971 2472 Bradman 27 February 1973 2541 Edebono 27 February 1973 2667 Oikawa 30 October 1967 2767 Takenouchi 30 October 1967 2838 Takase 26 October 1971 2900 Lubos Perek 14 January 1972 2901 Bagehot 27 February 1973 3081 Martinůboh 26 October 1971 3109 Machin 19 February 1974 3303 Merta 30 October 1967 3336 Grygar 26 October 1971 3337 Miloš 26 October 1971 3407 Jimmysimms 28 February 1973 3475 Fichte 4 October 1972 3514 Hooke 26 October 1971 3627 Sayers 28 February 1973 3635 Kreutz 21 November 1981 3769 Arthurmiller 30 October 1967 3825 Nürnberg 30 October 1967 4137 Crabtree 24 November 1970 4425 Bilk 30 October 1967 5268 Černohorský 26 October 1971 6215 Mehdia 7 March 1973 30 October 1967 24 November 1970 26 October 1971 7806 Umasslowell 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 10003 Caryhuang 26 October 1971 4 October 1972 30 October 1967 14 January 1972 22 August 1969 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 26 October 1971 24601 Valjean 26 October 1971 4 October 1972 26 October 1971 14 January 1972 26 October 1971 Co-discovery made with: A. Kriete