Petr Pravec
Petr Pravec is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, born in Třinec, Czech Republic.
Pravec is a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids, expert in photometric observations and rotational lightcurves at Ondřejov Observatory. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 350 numbered minor planets, and is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called "BinAst" to look for multiplicity in the near-Earth objects and inner main-belt populations.
He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The main-belt asteroid 4790 Petrpravec, discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1988, is named after him. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 June 1997.List of discovered minor planets
| 7204 Ondřejov | April 3, 1995 |
| 7490 Babička | July 31, 1995 |
| 7492 Kačenka | October 21, 1995 |
| 7849 Janjosefrič | April 18, 1996 |
| 8217 Dominikhašek | April 21, 1995 |
| 9672 Rosenbergerezek | October 5, 1997 |
| 10173 Hanzelkazikmund | April 21, 1995 |
| 10221 Kubrick | October 28, 1997 |
| 10390 Lenka | August 27, 1997 |
| 10395 Jirkahorn | September 23, 1997 |
| 10581 Jeníkhollan | July 30, 1995 |
| 10633 Akimasa | February 20, 1998 |
| 11126 Doleček | October 15, 1996 |
| 11167 Kunžak | March 23, 1998 |
| 11333 Forman | April 20, 1996 |
| 11364 Karlštejn | March 23, 1998 |
| 11668 Balios | November 3, 1997 |
| 12002 Suess | March 19, 1996 |
| 13390 Bouška | March 18, 1999 |
| 14517 Monitoma | June 13, 1996 |
| November 29, 1997 |
| 14594 Jindrašilhán | September 24, 1998 |
| 14976 Josefčapek | September 27, 1997 |
| 15053 Bochníček | December 17, 1998 |
| 15384 Samková | September 26, 1997 |
| 15390 Znojil | October 6, 1997 |
| 15395 Rükl | October 21, 1997 |
| 15425 Welzl | September 24, 1998 |
| 15870 Obůrka | August 16, 1996 |
| 15897 Beňačková | August 10, 1997 |
| 15898 Kharasterteam | August 26, 1997 |
| 15907 Robot | October 6, 1997 |
| | November 29, 1997 |
| 16706 Svojsík | July 30, 1995 |
| 16801 Petřínpragensis | September 23, 1997 |
| 16817 Onderlička | October 30, 1997 |
| 16929 Hurník | March 31, 1998 |
| 16951 Carolus Quartus | May 19, 1998 |
| 17625 Joseflada | January 14, 1996 |
| 17702 Kryštofharant | May 1, 1997 |
| 17776 Troska | March 22, 1998 |
| 17806 Adolfborn | March 31, 1998 |
| 18182 Wiener | August 27, 2000 |
| 18647 Václavhübner | March 21, 1998 |
| 18676 Zdeňkaplavcová | March 30, 1998 |
| 19268 Morstadt | October 21, 1995 |
| 19291 Karelzeman | October 21, 1995 |
| 20254 Úpice | March 21, 1998 |
| 20256 Adolfneckař | March 23, 1998 |
| 20495 Rimavská Sobota | August 15, 1999 |
| | August 27, 2000 |
| 36888 Škrabal | September 29, 2000 |
| 37141 Povolný | November 2, 2000 |
| 37279 Hukvaldy | December 22, 2000 |
| 37859 Bobkoff | March 23, 1998 |
| | September 12, 1999 |
| 38461 Jiřítrnka | October 15, 1999 |
| 38684 Velehrad | October 25, 2000 |
| | August 26, 2000 |
| | December 20, 2000 |
| 39890 Bobstephens | March 23, 1998 |
| 40106 Erben | August 20, 1998 |
| 40440 Dobrovský | September 11, 1999 |
| 40441 Jungmann | September 11, 1999 |
| 40444 Palacký | September 12, 1999 |
| 40459 Rektorys | September 14, 1999 |
| | August 13, 1999 |
| 42998 Malinafrank | October 17, 1999 |
| October 18, 1999 |
| 44613 Rudolf | September 8, 1999 |
| | September 10, 1999 |
| | October 13, 1999 |
| 46280 Hollar | May 21, 2001 |
| 46722 Ireneadler | September 2, 1997 |
| 48171 Juza | April 23, 2001 |
| 48785 Pitter | September 23, 1997 |
| October 6, 1997 |
| 49110 Květafialová | September 16, 1998 |
| | December 17, 1998 |
| 49448 Macocha | December 21, 1998 |
| 51895 Biblialexa | August 19, 2001 |
| 52604 Thomayer | October 5, 1997 |
| 53159 Mysliveček | February 10, 1999 |
| | August 24, 2001 |
| | September 7, 2002 |
| 55874 Brlka | October 28, 1997 |
| | March 30, 1998 |
| 58440 Zdeněkstuchlík | April 21, 1996 |
| 58595 Joepollock | October 5, 1997 |
| October 6, 1997 |
| October 6, 1997 |
| 59470 Paveltoufar | April 17, 1999 |
| 59800 Astropis | August 14, 1999 |
| September 13, 1999 |
| | October 13, 1999 |
| | October 16, 1999 |
| 60150 Zacharias | October 19, 1999 |
| November 15, 1999 |
| | July 5, 2000 |
| 61404 Očenášek | August 26, 2000 |
| | September 15, 1999 |
| December 2, 1994 |
| 100308 ČAS | April 21, 1995 |
| September 25, 1997 |
| September 26, 1997 |
| October 22, 1997 |
| September 23, 1998 |
| September 25, 1998 |
| October 16, 1998 |
| November 12, 1998 |
| | October 12, 1998 |
| | October 15, 1998 |
| | December 8, 1999 |
| | February 19, 2001 |
| | May 22, 2001 |
| | August 26, 2001 |
| | September 7, 2002 |
| | September 29, 2000 |
| | September 30, 2000 |
| | December 22, 2000 |
| | December 7, 2002 |
| April 8, 1997 |
| | October 13, 1999 |
| | August 25, 2000 |
| | August 27, 2000 |
| | December 22, 2000 |
| | April 23, 2001 |
| | November 14, 2001 |
| October 21, 1995 |
| April 17, 1999 |
| | September 13, 1999 |
| | October 15, 1999 |
| | August 26, 2000 |
| | November 1, 2000 |
| | February 15, 2000 |
| | May 19, 2001 |
| | November 11, 2001 |
| | March 8, 2002 |
| September 29, 2002 |
| | September 12, 1999 |
| | December 8, 1999 |
| | October 13, 2001 |
| | September 2, 2002 |
| October 21, 1997 |
| September 21, 1998 |
| | April 25, 2001 |
| April 24, 2001 |
| | May 20, 2001 |
| | August 24, 2001 |
| | August 25, 2001 |
