Ladislav Brožek


Ladislav Brožek is a Slovak astronomer. At the Bohemian Kleť Observatory, he discovered a total of 23 minor planets between 1979 and 1982, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.
One of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroid 2613 Plzeň, he named after his birthplace Plzeň. In 1981, he discovered 3102 Krok, a near-Earth object of the Apollo group. He also named another of his discoveries, 3834 Zappafrank, in memory of rock musician and composer Frank Zappa.

List of discovered minor planets

2288 Karolinum19 October 1979
2613 Plzeň30 August 1979
2622 Bolzano9 February 1981
2696 Magion16 April 1980
3102 Krok21 August 1981
3386 Klementinum16 March 1980
3419 Guth8 May 1981
3423 Slouka9 February 1981
3424 Nušl14 February 1982
3603 Gajdušek5 September 1981
3834 Zappafrank11 May 1980
4023 Jarník25 October 1981