Czech astronomer
Jana Tichá with her ex-husbandMiloš Tichý Jana Tichá (born 1965 inČeské Budějovice ) is aCzech astronomer anddiscoverer of minor planets . She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of theKleť Observatory .
She specializes in discoveries ofasteroids andcomets especiallynear-Earth objects (NEOs). TheMinor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 104 numbered minor planets during 1995–2003.[ 1] IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), which is responsible for approving names of asteroids. She works together with her husbandMiloš Tichý at Kleť.[ 2]
In her country she is also well known for her popularization activities. She is major contributor to the Czech web servers about asteroids and comets.
On 3 May 1996 the asteroid5757 Tichá was named in her honour (M.P.C. 27128[ 2] [ 3] 8307 Peltan , after several members of her family.[ 4]
List of discovered minor planets [ edit ] 7441 Láska 30 July 1995 list [A] 7493 Hirzo 24 October 1995 list 7608 Telegramia 22 October 1995 list 8307 Peltan 5 March 1995 list 8572 Nijo 19 October 1996 list [A] 10234 Sixtygarden 27 December 1997 list [A] 10403 Marcelgrün 22 November 1997 list [A] 10872 Vaculík 12 October 1996 list [A] 11105 Puchnarová 24 October 1995 list 11128 Ostravia 3 November 1996 list [A] 11141 Jindrawalter 12 January 1997 list [A] 11144 Radiocommunicata 2 February 1997 list [A] 11338 Schiele 13 October 1996 list [A] 12010 Kovářov 18 October 1996 list [A] 12833 Kamenný Újezd 2 February 1997 list [A] 13229 Echion 2 November 1997 list [A] 13792 Kuščynskyj 7 November 1998 list [A] 14068 Hauserová 21 April 1996 list [A] 14541 Sacrobosco 20 September 1997 list [A] 14948 Bartuška 16 January 1996 list [A]
29477 Zdíkšíma 31 October 1997 list [A] 29738 Ivobudil 23 January 1999 list [A] 31232 Slavonice 1 February 1998 list [A] 31238 Kroměříž 21 February 1998 list [A] 33061 Václavmorava 2 November 1997 list [A] 35233 Krčín 26 May 1995 list [A] 35269 Idefix 21 August 1996 list [A] 35446 Stáňa 6 February 1998 list [A] 35977 Lexington 3 July 1999 list [A] 35978 Arlington 5 July 1999 list [A] 36035 Petrvok 6 August 1999 list [A] 37699 Santini-Aichl 13 January 1996 list [A] 37736 Jandl 15 November 1996 list [A] (38246) 1999 PL4 14 August 1999 list [A] 40206 Lhenice 26 September 1998 list [A] 44530 Horáková 25 December 1998 list [A] 44597 Thoreau 6 August 1999 list [A] 46692 Taormina 2 February 1997 list [A] 47144 Faulkes 7 August 1999 list [A] 47294 Blanský les 28 November 1999 list [A]
48794 Stolzová 5 October 1997 list [A] 49698 Váchal 1 November 1999 list [A] 50413 Petrginz 27 February 2000 list [A] 52665 Brianmay 30 January 1998 list [A] 53093 La Orotava 28 December 1998 list [A] 55082 Xlendi 25 August 2001 list [A] 56329 Tarxien 28 November 1999 list [A] 56422 Mnajdra 2 April 2000 list [A] 58607 Wenzel 19 October 1997 list [A] 58664 IYAMMIX 21 December 1997 list [A] 58682 Alenašolcová 10 January 1998 list [A] 59001 Senftenberg 26 September 1998 list [A] 59797 Píšala 7 August 1999 list [A] 59830 Reynek 10 September 1999 list [A] 61208 Stonařov 30 July 2000 list [A] 66934 Kálalová 26 November 1999 list [A] 69469 Krumbenowe 16 November 1996 list [A] 70679 Urzidil 30 October 1999 list [A] 70936 Kámen 28 November 1999 list [A] 74024 Hrabě 23 April 1998 list [A]
74370 Kolářjan 9 December 1998 list [A] 75223 Wupatki 28 November 1999 list [A] 76628 Kozí Hrádek 22 April 2000 list [A] 79347 Medlov 4 December 1996 list [A] 79354 Brundibár 16 January 1997 list [A] 85389 Rosenauer 22 August 1996 list [A] 85516 Vaclík 2 November 1997 list [A] (85573) 1998 CE 1 February 1998 list [A] (85574) 1998 CG 1 February 1998 list [A] 87097 Lomaki 7 June 2000 list [A] 91007 Ianfleming 30 January 1998 list [A] 100735 Alpomořanská 19 February 1998 list [A] 101721 Emanuelfritsch 13 March 1999 list [A] 118214 Agnesediboemia 12 January 1996 list [A] 129595 Vand 2 November 1997 list [A] 133077 Jirsík 4 May 2003 list [A] 136666 Seidel 17 September 1995 list [A] 152750 Brloh 21 January 1999 list [A] 171588 Náprstek 26 November 1999 list [A] 192439 Cílek 1 November 1997 list [A]
(196298) 2003 FQ 22 March 2003 list [A] (215606) 2003 SF36 17 September 2003 list [A] (223225) 2003 DW7 25 February 2003 list [A] (230667) 2003 SZ200 25 September 2003 list [A] (259308) 2003 FY1 23 March 2003 list [A] (259309) 2003 FB2 23 March 2003 list [A] (259384) 2003 JX10 4 May 2003 list [A] (259481) 2003 SY200 25 September 2003 list [A] (298349) 2003 JW10 4 May 2003 list [A] (307562) 2003 FX1 23 March 2003 list [A] (382764) 2003 QP10 22 August 2003 list [A] (393568) 2003 JY10 4 May 2003 list [A] (474470) 2003 SA201 25 September 2003 list [A] Co-discovery made with:A M. Tichý
