Lenka Kotková


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Lenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
She works at Observatoř Ondřejov, located near Prague. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann.
Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stellar department as an observant with a two-metre Ondřejov telescope.
In the year 2000 she received the Zdeněk Kvíz Award of the Czech Astronomical Society for significant work in the research of variable stars.
The asteroid 10390 Lenka, discovered by her colleagues Petr Pravec and Marek Wolf in 1997, is named after her. The asteroid 60001 Adélka, discovered by her in 1999, is named after her daughter, while 7897 Bohuška, discovered by her in 1995, is named after her mother.

List of discovered minor planets

7670 Kabeláč20 August 1995
7849 Janjosefrič18 April 1996 
7897 Bohuška12 March 1995
8217 Dominikhašek21 April 1995 
8229 Kozelský28 December 1996 
8557 Šaroun23 July 1995
9449 Petrbondy4 November 1997
9671 Hemera5 October 1997
10173 Hanzelkazikmund21 April 1995 
10215 Lavilledemirmont20 September 1997
10626 Zajíc10 January 1998
10634 Pepibican8 April 1998

12051 Pícha2 May 1997
5 October 1997
12468 Zachotín14 January 1997
12 March 1995
13226 Soulié20 September 1997
13406 Sekora2 October 1999
14124 Kamil28 August 1998
14550 Lehký27 October 1997
14980 Gustavbrom5 October 1997
15382 Vian20 September 1997
15392 Budějický11 October 1997
15403 Merignac9 November 1997

21229 Sušil22 September 1995
21655 Niklauswirth8 August 1999
21664 Konradzuse4 September 1999
21801 Ančerl2 October 1999
21804 Václavneumann4 October 1999
21985 Šejna2 December 1999
22505 Lewit19 October 1997
22697 Mánek7 September 1998
23583 Křivský22 September 1995
23648 Kolář1 February 1997
20 October 1997
24046 Malovany2 October 1999

28107 Sapar22 September 1998
29419 Mládková13 January 1997
29456 Evakrchová24 September 1997
29471 Spejbl27 October 1997
29472 Hurvínek27 October 1997
29473 Krejčí21 October 1997 
29484 Honzaveselý9 November 1997
29528 Kaplinski10 January 1998
18 April 1996
31324 Jiřímrázek27 April 1998
33058 Kovařík22 October 1997 
35237 Matzner23 August 1995

28 August 1998
40410 Příhoda4 September 1999
21 September 1999
2 December 1999
9 August 2000
26 August 1998
4 October 1999
31 October 1999
46722 Ireneadler2 September 1997 
27 August 1998
18 September 1995
18 April 1996

18 September 1995
58440 Zdeněkstuchlík21 April 1996 
19 October 1996
58578 Žídek24 September 1997
58579 Ehrenberg24 September 1997
11 October 1997
20 April 1998
8 February 1999
60000 Miminko2 October 1999
60001 Adélka4 October 1999
60008 Jarda14 October 1999
15 July 2001

13 October 1998
80179 Václavknoll1 November 1999
81971 Turonclavere22 August 2000 
82464 Jaroslavboček21 July 2001 
23 August 1995
9 July 1997
10 October 1997
28 October 1997
20 December 1998 
18 September 1995
90936 Neronet11 October 1997
90937 Josefdufek11 October 1997

20 December 1998 
8 September 2000
8 September 2000
98127 Vilgusová24 September 2000 
8 September 1999
100308 ČAS21 April 1995 
1 February 1997
10 December 1998
3 September 1999
2 October 1999
31 October 1999
19 October 2000

3 September 1999
2 October 1999
15 February 2001 
11 May 2001
27 September 1998
26 August 1997
10 December 1998
1 November 1999
8 September 2000
14 February 2001
20 September 1997
14 October 1999

14 October 1999
10 May 2001
8 September 1999
20 September 1999
14 October 1999
4 September 1999
1 November 1997 
27 August 1998
31 August 1999
14 February 2001
29 August 2001 
3 September 1999

23 October 1997
10 May 2001
27 September 1999
22 July 2001 
22 March 2003
15 February 2001 
22 October 2000
21 July 2001 
25 August 1998
2 October 1999
5 September 1999
28 August 2001