Zdeněk Moravec (born 1968) is a Czech

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

and astrophysicist. Zdeněk Moravec is a graduate from

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. He became a prolific

discoverer of minor planets This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...

, during his stay at the Kleť Observatory in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, from 1992 to 2000. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with a total of 93 discovered bodies (between 1994 and 1998), of which 65 were co-discoveries together with astronomer

Miloš Tichý Miloš Tichý (born 1966 in Počátky) is a Czech astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He also discovered the periodic comet 196P/Tichý. He works together with his ex-wife at Kleť Observatory Kleť Observatory ( cz, Hvěz ...

. In March 2008 they discovered the minor planet 17805 Švestka at the Kleť Observatory, which they named it in honor of solar physicist

Zdeněk Švestka Zdeněk Švestka (30 September 1925 – 2 March 2013) was a Czech astronomer. For several decades he was the world's leading expert on solar flares. He studied mathematics and physics at Charles University, Prague, until graduating in 1948. Togeth ...

. Since 2001, he teaches theoretic physics and computer modelling at

Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem ( cs, Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, abbreviated as UJEP) is a public university in Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. The institution was established on 28 Se ...

, Czech Republic.

List of discovered minor planets

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RNDr. Zdeněk Moravec, Ph.D.
Jan Evangelista Purkyně University {{DEFAULTSORT:Moravec, Zdenek 1968 births 20th-century astronomers Czech astronomers Discoverers of asteroids * Living people

List of discovered minor planets

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