Karel Pacner (29 March 1936 – 7 April 2021) was a Czech publicist, journalist, and writer.
Pacner was born in
Janovice nad Úhlavou
Janovice nad Úhlavou (german: Janowitz an der Angel) is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Dolní Lhota, Dubová Lhota, Hvízdalka, Ondřejovice, ...
,
Czechoslovakia. His main area of focus was space exploration.
He died in
Prague, aged 85. Asteroid
311119 Pacner, discovered at the
Kleť Observatory
Kleť Observatory ( cz, 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, t ...
was named in his memory on 16 June 2021.
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Karel Pacner, only Czech to cover Apollo 11, moon landing from Cape Canaveral, dies at 85Memory of nations: Karel Pacner
1936 births
2021 deaths
Czech writers
Czech journalists
People from Klatovy District
Space advocates
Prague University of Economics and Business alumni
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