Kleť Observatory

Kleť Observatory (Czech: Hvězdárna Kleť; obs. code: 046) is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice. Constructed in 1957, the observatory is at an altitude of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) and has around 150 clear nights per year.

Kleť Observatory

Alternative names	Klet Observatory-KLENOT
Named after	Kleť
Observatory code	046, 246
Location	Kleť, Kájov, , Český Krumlov District, South Bohemian Region, Czechia
Coordinates	48°51′49″N 14°17′04″E
Altitude	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Website	www.klet.cz
Location of Kleť Observatory
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Astronomers

Astronomer Antonín Mrkos became director of Kleť Observatory in 1965.^[1]

Two main astronomers who currently work at Kleť Observatory are Jana Tichá and her husband Miloš Tichý.^[2]

Instruments

The observatory has two primary telescopes:

• 1.06-m KLENOT telescope (since 2002)
• 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector (since 1993)

Gallery

• 
  Summit of Mount Kleť, the observatory is visible on the left
• 
  Jana Tichá, Miloš Tichý and KLENOT in 2004
• 
  Telescope

Discoveries

Minor planets discovered: 315 ^[3]

see § Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

As of 2015 over a thousand asteroids were discovered at Kleť Observatory, as well as comet 196P/Tichý.^[2][4][5]

Asteroid 5583 Braunerova was discovered by A. Mrkos at Kleť Observatory in 1989. The asteroid 7796 Járacimrman was (re)discovered at Kleť Observatory on 16 January 1996 by Zdeněk Moravec and was designated 1996 BG. It was observed until April 1996 and then in June and July 1997. It was discovered to be a lost asteroid which had previously been observed twice: at the Brera-Merate Observatory^{[citation needed]} in northern Italy on 12 December 1973 and at Siding Spring Observatory (Australia), on 8 and 9 July 1990. Asteroid 4250 Perun, provisional designation "1984 UG", was discovered by Zdeňka Vávrová on 20 October 1984.

Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

See also: Category:Discoveries by the Kleť Observatory

7390 Kundera	31 August 1983	list
7672 Hawking	24 October 1995	list
7799 Martinšolc	24 February 1996	list
8137 Kvíz	19 September 1979	list
8719 Vesmír	11 November 1995	list
8990 Compassion	19 February 1980	list
9087 Neff	29 September 1995	list
(9444) 1997 JA	1 May 1997	list
9665 Inastronoviny	5 June 1996	list
(9901) 1997 NV	1 July 1997	list
(12010) 1996 UN	18 October 1996	list
12409 Bukovanská	28 September 1995	list
12790 Cernan	24 October 1995	list
12799 von Suttner	26 November 1995	list
12835 Stropek	7 February 1997	list
14056 Kainar	13 January 1996	list
(14541) 1997 SF	20 September 1997	list
(15051) 1998 YK1	17 December 1998	list
(15456) 1998 YP3	18 December 1998	list
(17167) 1999 NB	4 July 1999	list
(17595) 1995 EO	1 March 1995	list
17611 Jožkakubík	24 October 1995	list
(18535) 1996 XQ13	9 December 1996	list
(18613) 1998 DR	19 February 1998	list
(18846) 1999 RB28	8 September 1999	list

(19273) 1995 XJ	10 December 1995	list
(19613) 1999 OX	19 July 1999	list
(20201) 1997 EK6	6 March 1997	list
(20622) 1999 TQ11	8 October 1999	list
21257 Jižní Čechy	26 February 1996	list
(21317) 1996 XV18	12 December 1996	list
24847 Polesný	26 November 1995	list
(25007) 1998 PJ	5 August 1998	list
(25013) 1998 QR	17 August 1998	list
25383 Lindacker	18 October 1999	list
(26962) 1997 PE3	13 August 1997	list
(27173) 1999 BM1	18 January 1999	list
(27907) 1996 TU9	15 October 1996	list
(27961) 1997 SU1	22 September 1997	list
(28030) 1998 DW12	26 February 1998	list
(28217) 1998 YO3	18 December 1998	list
28614 Vejvoda	25 March 2000	list
29760 Milevsko	15 February 1999	list
(31049) 1996 QZ	20 August 1996	list
(31092) 1997 CW5	6 February 1997	list
(31106) 1997 PU2	12 August 1997	list
(31145) 1997 UK	19 October 1997	list
(31204) 1998 AA10	15 January 1998	list
(31215) 1998 BN10	26 January 1998	list
(31321) 1998 HD3	21 April 1998	list

(31364) 1998 WM6	24 November 1998	list
(31571) 1999 FY20	25 March 1999	list
(32596) 2001 QS154	29 August 2001	list
(32939) 1995 UN2	24 October 1995	list
(32970) 1996 QX	19 August 1996	list
(33006) 1997 EJ6	6 March 1997	list
(33052) 1997 UA8	29 October 1997	list
(33136) 1998 DZ	18 February 1998	list
(33240) 1998 HC3	20 April 1998	list
(34160) 2000 QS26	26 August 2000	list
(35683) 1999 BK5	21 January 1999	list
(35761) 1999 HC2	21 April 1999	list
(37694) 1995 WC6	26 November 1995	list
(37753) 1997 CO13	7 February 1997	list
(39893) 1998 FS5	24 March 1998	list
(40202) 1998 SN26	24 September 1998	list
(42598) 1997 UD8	29 October 1997	list
(42605) 1998 BR25	27 January 1998	list
(42619) 1998 FE12	25 March 1998	list
(42997) 1999 UM1	18 October 1999	list
(44104) 1998 GO1	7 April 1998	list
(44885) 1999 VB	1 November 1999	list
(45016) 1999 WV2	30 November 1999	list
(45471) 2000 AG204	13 January 2000	list
(46252) 2001 HH32	30 April 2001	list

(46663) 1996 DR2	26 February 1996	list
(46672) 1996 OA	16 July 1996	list
(46730) 1997 TY16	9 October 1997	list
(46776) 1998 HN49	24 April 1998	list
(46924) 1998 SP26	24 September 1998	list
(47163) 1999 TP11	8 October 1999	list
(47500) 2000 AX50	7 January 2000	list
(48727) 1997 AL18	15 January 1997	list
(48732) 1997 CM4	3 February 1997	list
(50184) 2000 AN168	13 January 2000	list
(50960) 2000 GN82	9 April 2000	list
(51199) 2000 JA4	4 May 2000	list
(52524) 1996 PH	8 August 1996	list
(53134) 1999 BG1	18 January 1999	list
(54222) 2000 JF	3 May 2000	list
(55904) 1998 DR1	20 February 1998	list
(55905) 1998 DD3	21 February 1998	list
(55941) 1998 HS4	23 April 1998	list
(56423) 2000 GW3	2 April 2000	list
(58516) 1996 XT14	11 December 1996	list
(58574) 1997 RD8	11 September 1997	list
(58582) 1997 SF3	25 September 1997	list
(58690) 1998 BP10	27 January 1998	list
(58694) 1998 BQ25	27 January 1998	list
(58752) 1998 FF12	26 March 1998	list

(59113) 1998 XQ	10 December 1998	list
(59197) 1999 BN3	20 January 1999	list
(59797) 1999 PX	7 August 1999	list
(63688) 2001 QR154	28 August 2001	list
(65793) 1995 WS3	21 November 1995	list
(66857) 1999 VQ25	15 November 1999	list
(67069) 2000 AQ1	2 January 2000	list
(69450) 1996 TL3	4 October 1996	list
(69475) 1996 XE9	6 December 1996	list
(69579) 1998 DQ1	20 February 1998	list
(69999) 1998 XN	9 December 1998	list
(70937) 1999 WT2	29 November 1999	list
(73810) 1995 UW2	24 October 1995	list
(73871) 1997 AP16	14 January 1997	list
(73935) 1997 SH3	26 September 1997	list
(74312) 1998 UO6	21 October 1998	list
(74381) 1998 XU15	15 December 1998	list
(74401) 1998 YZ	16 December 1998	list
(74596) 1999 QQ	20 August 1999	list
(74805) 1999 TF	2 October 1999	list
(75759) 2000 AH168	12 January 2000	list
(77039) 2001 CK37	15 February 2001	list
(79243) 1994 RA1	9 September 1994	list
(79347) 1996 XJ2	4 December 1996	list
(79478) 1998 CB1	6 February 1998	list

(79498) 1998 FP126	31 March 1998	list
79896 Billhaley	20 January 1999	list
(80243) 1999 WL1	28 November 1999	list
(80629) 2000 AJ204	14 January 2000	list
(80630) 2000 AL204	14 January 2000	list
(85402) 1996 TO15	4 October 1996	list
(85416) 1996 XN2	4 December 1996	list
(85428) 1997 AN16	14 January 1997	list
(85429) 1997 AJ18	15 January 1997	list
(85508) 1997 UD7	23 October 1997	list
(85510) 1997 UZ7	29 October 1997	list
(85576) 1998 DH1	19 February 1998	list
(85772) 1998 UN6	21 October 1998	list
(85816) 1998 XG	8 December 1998	list
(85840) 1998 YR4	18 December 1998	list
(85864) 1999 BJ7	21 January 1999	list
(88909) 2001 TG7	13 October 2001	list
(90821) 1995 SA2	26 September 1995	list
(90828) 1995 UH2	23 October 1995	list
(90893) 1997 BE	16 January 1997	list
(90907) 1997 GX	3 April 1997	list
(90933) 1997 TX7	5 October 1997	list
(91012) 1998 DY	18 February 1998	list
(91042) 1998 FF15	26 March 1998	list
(91225) 1999 BL3	20 January 1999	list

(91226) 1999 BK7	22 January 1999	list
(91330) 1999 HM2	20 April 1999	list
(94186) 2001 AH45	15 January 2001	list
(95072) 2002 AW66	15 January 2002	list
(96355) 1997 VR6	11 November 1997	list
(96393) 1998 DF1	19 February 1998	list
(98074) 2000 RT56	7 September 2000	list
(98725) 2000 YP14	23 December 2000	list
(98727) 2000 YN16	26 December 2000	list
(100358) 1995 UK2	24 October 1995	list
(100437) 1996 OY	22 July 1996	list
(100462) 1996 TV9	15 October 1996	list
(100508) 1997 AY14	13 January 1997	list
(100517) 1997 BD	16 January 1997	list
(100524) 1997 CV5	6 February 1997	list
(100625) 1997 UZ	22 October 1997	list
(101041) 1998 QV98	31 August 1998	list
(101578) 1999 BM3	20 January 1999	list
(101621) 1999 CH16	15 February 1999	list
(101893) 1999 PJ	6 August 1999	list
(101963) 1999 RG40	15 September 1999	list
(102622) 1999 VR25	15 November 1999	list
(102859) 1999 WH1	28 November 1999	list
(102860) 1999 WJ1	28 November 1999	list
(102867) 1999 WE5	30 November 1999	list

(104329) 2000 FN8	25 March 2000	list
(107567) 2001 DK89	27 February 2001	list
(112063) 2002 JA16	7 May 2002	list
(120676) 1997 AO16	14 January 1997	list
(120788) 1998 FD16	26 March 1998	list
(120801) 1998 FU72	30 March 1998	list
(120816) 1998 HN42	30 April 1998	list
(120985) 1998 XT15	15 December 1998	list
(121088) 1999 FX20	24 March 1999	list
(121225) 1999 RX27	8 September 1999	list
(121239) 1999 RQ41	14 September 1999	list
(121643) 1999 WN1	28 November 1999	list
(121804) 2000 AK168	13 January 2000	list
(128721) 2004 RU136	8 September 2004	list
(129590) 1997 UN	19 October 1997	list
(129597) 1997 VT1	4 November 1997	list
(129878) 1999 SQ2	21 September 1999	list
(132160) 2002 ES2	8 March 2002	list
(134486) 1998 XP	10 December 1998	list
(134738) 2000 AM168	13 January 2000	list
(134742) 2000 AK204	14 January 2000	list
(136825) 1997 SX3	26 September 1997	list
(136833) 1997 UP	19 October 1997	list
(137033) 1998 UM6	21 October 1998	list
(142473) 2002 TF15	1 October 2002	list

(143492) 2003 DP4	22 February 2003	list
(151241) 2002 AE	4 January 2002	list
(151436) 2002 GK2	6 April 2002	list
(152661) 1998 DS1	20 February 1998	list
(152733) 1998 WL8	25 November 1998	list
(152743) 1998 YK6	22 December 1998	list
(152745) 1998 YN11	24 December 1998	list
(154468) 2003 DG17	28 February 2003	list
(155400) 1995 UD1	21 October 1995	list
155438 Velásquez	18 February 1998	list
(155679) 2000 JP2	4 May 2000	list
(156867) 2003 DD16	27 February 2003	list
(157852) 1998 TH6	13 October 1998	list
(160539) 1997 SG	20 September 1997	list
(160605) 1999 TT12	12 October 1999	list
(161230) 2002 XO90	13 December 2002	list
(162059) 1997 AM17	13 January 1997	list
(164677) 1997 GA4	8 April 1997	list
(164717) 1998 GN1	6 April 1998	list
(164818) 1999 RR41	14 September 1999	list
(166386) 2002 NO4	8 July 2002	list
(173165) 1997 AM18	15 January 1997	list
(173208) 1998 SO26	24 September 1998	list
(175697) 1995 UG2	23 October 1995	list
(175707) 1996 QA1	20 August 1996	list

(178337) 1995 UM2	24 October 1995	list
(179560) 2002 EL11	13 March 2002	list
(180523) 2004 DR38	20 February 2004	list
(181766) 1997 AW14	12 January 1997	list
(188152) 2002 GK	2 April 2002	list
(188209) 2002 SO28	30 September 2002	list
(189424) 1997 SK2	25 September 1997	list
(191899) 2005 BP1	17 January 2005	list
(192458) 1998 DG1	19 February 1998	list
(192466) 1998 FJ16	30 March 1998	list
(192588) 1999 BH1	18 January 1999	list
(192928) 2000 AP6	5 January 2000	list
(194004) 2001 SB5	18 September 2001	list
(196948) 2003 US38	26 October 2003	list
(197952) 2004 RA84	9 September 2004	list
(200204) 1999 TX4	2 October 1999	list
(200529) 2001 DA	16 February 2001	list
(204576) 2005 GN9	3 April 2005	list
(205013) 1997 PS2	11 August 1997	list
(205063) 1999 RD39	13 September 1999	list
(205166) 2000 AL168	13 January 2000	list
(205257) 2000 RT78	9 September 2000	list
(208033) 1999 QR	20 August 1999	list
(209066) 2003 QU69	26 August 2003	list
(210476) 1995 UF1	22 October 1995	list

(213647) 2002 RY116	7 September 2002	list
(213775) 2003 DK17	28 February 2003	list
(215123) 1999 RS41	15 September 1999	list
(215624) 2003 SF235	26 September 2003	list
(219102) 1998 SQ26	24 September 1998	list
(220629) 2004 PE105	15 August 2004	list
(225571) 2000 UV1	23 October 2000	list
(230853) 2004 RZ83	9 September 2004	list
(231745) 1999 RR214	15 September 1999	list
(231924) 2001 CL37	15 February 2001	list
(232962) 2005 ES38	4 March 2005	list
(239808) 1996 TK9	12 October 1996	list
(239817) 1998 BZ33	31 January 1998	list
(241373) 2008 RM	2 September 2008	list
(242235) 2003 SM129	20 September 2003	list
(243160) 2007 TB75	15 October 2007	list
(245366) 2005 GS	1 April 2005	list
(247201) 2001 OO109	31 July 2001	list
(251721) 1997 UO	19 October 1997	list
(251726) 1998 DD1	18 February 1998	list
(264990) 2003 DR4	22 February 2003	list
(267018) 1995 UL2	24 October 1995	list
(268052) 2004 RH	2 September 2004	list
(268053) 2004 RV1	5 September 2004	list
(268057) 2004 RQ24	8 September 2004	list

(269246) 2008 QF20	30 August 2008	list
(274296) 2008 QJ19	27 August 2008	list
(276496) 2003 QU27	23 August 2003	list
(279966) 2001 TD8	15 October 2001	list
(280175) 2002 RB117	7 September 2002	list
(280371) 2003 UV7	18 October 2003	list
(281167) 2007 EN39	12 March 2007	list
(285142) 1995 UG1	22 October 1995	list
(287641) 2003 JA4	3 May 2003	list
(287692) 2003 QX27	23 August 2003	list
(302054) 2000 UU1	22 October 2000	list
(303177) 2004 FW31	29 March 2004	list
(307626) 2003 SS76	18 September 2003	list
(307688) 2003 UW7	18 October 2003	list
(309359) 2007 TG72	14 October 2007	list
(310951) 2003 UT38	26 October 2003	list
(311119) 2004 PA20	8 August 2004	list
(318168) 2004 RY	5 September 2004	list
(322455) 2011 UG36	14 February 2001	list
(323297) 2003 UX7	18 October 2003	list
(326173) 2012 BC115	14 February 2001	list
(328372) 2008 QH19	27 August 2008	list
(330483) 2007 GY24	11 April 2007	list
(331906) 2004 RR10	7 September 2004	list
(344647) 2003 QT69	26 August 2003	list

(363728) 2004 XC4	4 December 2004	list
(363761) 2005 CF37	6 February 2005	list
(366351) 1999 TO11	8 October 1999	list
(368582) 2004 PD105	15 August 2004	list
(370011) 2000 AD42	6 January 2000	list
(377174) 2003 UR38	24 October 2003	list
(386031) 2007 EY26	12 March 2007	list
(401820) 1996 SP7	30 September 1996	list
(410327) 2007 UT12	16 October 2007	list
(427516) 2002 GZ1	4 April 2002	list
(430629) 2003 QW27	23 August 2003	list
(434343) 2004 RG	2 September 2004	list
(457074) 2008 EE69	6 March 2008	list
(462055) 2007 EX26	12 March 2007	list
(474144) 1997 UA	18 October 1997	list

KLENOT project

Minor planets discovered: 30 ^[3]

see § List of discovered minor planets

"KLENOT" and "Klet Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope" redirect here

KLENOT is an initialism of KLET Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope.^[6] It is limited to objects with a visual apparent magnitude of 22.0 and brighter.^[7]

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by KLENOT

42377 KLENOT	8 March 2002	list
68779 Schöninger	18 March 2002	list
89909 Linie	8 March 2002	list
90279 Devětsil	26 February 2003	list
111913 Davidgans	1 April 2002	list
126780 Ivovasiljev	10 March 2002	list
128622 Rudiš	4 September 2004	list
149160 Geojih	1 April 2002	list
149728 Klostermann	19 May 2004	list
157064 Sedona	26 September 2003	list
159743 Kluk	23 March 2003	list
159799 Kralice	15 September 2003	list

159814 Saguaro	27 September 2003	list
166570 Adolfträger	8 September 2002	list
170306 Augustzátka	18 September 2003	list
175017 Záboří	28 March 2004	list
183560 Křišťan	24 May 2003	list
191282 Feustel	22 March 2003	list
204370 Ferdinandvaněk	5 October 2004	list
209107 Šafránek	16 September 2003	list
213771 Johndee	27 February 2003	list
215841 Čimelice	6 February 2005	list
223360 Švankmajer	16 September 2003	list
230648 Zikmund	17 September 2003	list

232923 Adalovelace	15 January 2005	list
235621 Kratochvíle	5 September 2004	list
250374 Jírovec	17 October 2003	list
350969 Boiohaemum	27 February 2003	list
363623 Chelčický	15 August 2004	list
405207 Konstanz	24 May 2003	list

See also

• List of astronomical observatories

References

1. Adámek, Hynek (18 May 2012). "První český vědec na Antarktidě: Výzkum v nejdrsnějších podmínkách na Zemi". National Geographic Czech (in Czech). Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
2. Mlsová, Ludmila (18 February 2013). "Na Kleti patří k nejlepším hledačům planetek, už jich mají tisíc". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
3. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
4. "Klet' Observatory & KLENOT Project". www.klet.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
5. "196P/Tichy (2000)". www.aerith.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
6. "KLENOT Project Homepage". Klet.org. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
7. "KLENOT Introduction". Klet.org. 13 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

External links

• "Kleť Observatory". official website.