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Bečvář
Bečvář may refer to: * Bečvář (surname), Czech-language surname *Antonín Bečvář (1901–1965), Czech astronomer *Bečvář (crater) Bečvář () is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located near the equator on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the crater Necho (crater), Necho, within that feature's ray system. To the north-northeast is the crat ..., lunar crater * 4567 Bečvář, minor planet See also * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bečvář (crater)
Bečvář () is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located near the equator on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the crater Necho (crater), Necho, within that feature's ray system. To the north-northeast is the crater Gregory (lunar crater), Gregory. This is a worn, eroded crater system with a few tiny craterlets lying across the floor and rim. A double-crater formation occupies the southwestern rim, with Bečvář Q forming the northwestern member of this pair. The crater Bečvář X is attached to the northern rim. The crater was named after Czechoslovakian astronomer Antonín Bečvář by the International Astronomical Union, IAU in 1970. The crater was known as ''Crater 283'' prior to naming. Bečvář lies at the center of an unnamed, highly subdued, 200-km-diameter crater which was originally discovered during the Apollo 16 mission and reported by Farouk El-Baz. The name ''Necho'' was proposed for the crater, but the name was eventually adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bečvář (surname)
Bečvář (feminine: Bečvářová) is a Czech surname, meaning 'cooper'. Notable people with the surname include: *Antonín Bečvář (1901–1965), Czech astronomer *Josef Bečvář General of the Army Josef Bečvář (born 11 August 1958) is a retired Czech army officer who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Military of the Czech Republic The Czech Armed Forces (), also known as the Czech Army, are the m ... (born 1958), Czech army officer * Miloš Bečvář (born 1957), Czech cross-country skier * Roman Bečvář (handballer, born 1966), Czech handball player * Roman Bečvář (handballer, born 1989), Czech handball player * Václav Bečvář (born 1957), Czech sport shooter * Václav Bečvář (weightlifter) (1908–1978), Czech weightlifter See also * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Becvar Czech-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Bečvář
Antonín Bečvář (; 10 June 1901 – 10 January 1965) was a Czechoslovak astronomer. Biography He was born and died in Stará Boleslav. Among his chief achievements is the foundation of the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and the discovery of the comet C/1947 F2 (Bečvář) (also known by the designations 1947 III and 1947c). His lifelong illness led him to the High Tatras where he founded the observatory. Bečvář is particularly important for his star charts: he led the compilation of the ''Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso'' (1951), published by Sky Publishing Corporation as the '' Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens'', which was the state-of-the-art atlas of its kind until Wil Tirion's "Sky Atlas 2000.0" in 1981. A dozen star names in the atlas are of unknown origin, no connection to any language or previous source has been discovered despite an extensive search. He also compiled ''Atlas eclipticalis, 1950.0'' (1958), ''Atlas borealis 1950.0'' (1962), and ''Atlas australis 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |