Kleť Observatory (Czech: 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, the observatory is at an altitude of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) and has around 150 clear nights per year.

Kleť Observatory
Alternative namesKlet Observatory-KLENOT Edit this at Wikidata
Named afterKleť Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory code 046, 246 Edit this on Wikidata
LocationKleť, Kájov, , Český Krumlov District, South Bohemian Region, Czechia
Coordinates48°51′49″N 14°17′04″E / 48.8636°N 14.2844°E / 48.8636; 14.2844
Altitude1,070 m (3,510 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitewww.klet.cz Edit this at Wikidata
Kleť Observatory is located in Czech Republic
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Astronomers

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Astronomer Antonín Mrkos became director of Kleť Observatory in 1965.[1]

Two main astronomers who currently work at Kleť Observatory are Jana Tichá and her husband Miloš Tichý.[2]

Instruments

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The observatory has two primary telescopes:

  • 1.06-m KLENOT telescope (since 2002)
  • 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector (since 1993)
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Discoveries

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Minor planets discovered: 315 [3]
see § Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

As of 2015 over a thousand asteroids were discovered at Kleť Observatory, as well as comet 196P/Tichý.[2][4][5]

Asteroid 5583 Braunerova was discovered by A. Mrkos at Kleť Observatory in 1989. The asteroid 7796 Járacimrman was (re)discovered at Kleť Observatory on 16 January 1996 by Zdeněk Moravec and was designated 1996 BG. It was observed until April 1996 and then in June and July 1997. It was discovered to be a lost asteroid which had previously been observed twice: at the Brera-Merate Observatory[citation needed] in northern Italy on 12 December 1973 and at Siding Spring Observatory (Australia), on 8 and 9 July 1990. Asteroid 4250 Perun, provisional designation "1984 UG", was discovered by Zdeňka Vávrová on 20 October 1984.

Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

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7390 Kundera 31 August 1983 list
7672 Hawking 24 October 1995 list
7799 Martinšolc 24 February 1996 list
8137 Kvíz 19 September 1979 list
8719 Vesmír 11 November 1995 list
8990 Compassion 19 February 1980 list
9087 Neff 29 September 1995 list
(9444) 1997 JA 1 May 1997 list
9665 Inastronoviny 5 June 1996 list
(9901) 1997 NV 1 July 1997 list
(12010) 1996 UN 18 October 1996 list
12409 Bukovanská 28 September 1995 list
12790 Cernan 24 October 1995 list
12799 von Suttner 26 November 1995 list
12835 Stropek 7 February 1997 list
14056 Kainar 13 January 1996 list
(14541) 1997 SF 20 September 1997 list
(15051) 1998 YK1 17 December 1998 list
(15456) 1998 YP3 18 December 1998 list
(17167) 1999 NB 4 July 1999 list
(17595) 1995 EO 1 March 1995 list
17611 Jožkakubík 24 October 1995 list
(18535) 1996 XQ13 9 December 1996 list
(18613) 1998 DR 19 February 1998 list
(18846) 1999 RB28 8 September 1999 list
(19273) 1995 XJ 10 December 1995 list
(19613) 1999 OX 19 July 1999 list
(20201) 1997 EK6 6 March 1997 list
(20622) 1999 TQ11 8 October 1999 list
21257 Jižní Čechy 26 February 1996 list
(21317) 1996 XV18 12 December 1996 list
24847 Polesný 26 November 1995 list
(25007) 1998 PJ 5 August 1998 list
(25013) 1998 QR 17 August 1998 list
25383 Lindacker 18 October 1999 list
(26962) 1997 PE3 13 August 1997 list
(27173) 1999 BM1 18 January 1999 list
(27907) 1996 TU9 15 October 1996 list
(27961) 1997 SU1 22 September 1997 list
(28030) 1998 DW12 26 February 1998 list
(28217) 1998 YO3 18 December 1998 list
28614 Vejvoda 25 March 2000 list
29760 Milevsko 15 February 1999 list
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(31571) 1999 FY20 25 March 1999 list
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(32970) 1996 QX 19 August 1996 list
(33006) 1997 EJ6 6 March 1997 list
(33052) 1997 UA8 29 October 1997 list
(33136) 1998 DZ 18 February 1998 list
(33240) 1998 HC3 20 April 1998 list
(34160) 2000 QS26 26 August 2000 list
(35683) 1999 BK5 21 January 1999 list
(35761) 1999 HC2 21 April 1999 list
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(37753) 1997 CO13 7 February 1997 list
(39893) 1998 FS5 24 March 1998 list
(40202) 1998 SN26 24 September 1998 list
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(42605) 1998 BR25 27 January 1998 list
(42619) 1998 FE12 25 March 1998 list
(42997) 1999 UM1 18 October 1999 list
(44104) 1998 GO1 7 April 1998 list
(44885) 1999 VB 1 November 1999 list
(45016) 1999 WV2 30 November 1999 list
(45471) 2000 AG204 13 January 2000 list
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(46672) 1996 OA 16 July 1996 list
(46730) 1997 TY16 9 October 1997 list
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(47163) 1999 TP11 8 October 1999 list
(47500) 2000 AX50 7 January 2000 list
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(50184) 2000 AN168 13 January 2000 list
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(52524) 1996 PH 8 August 1996 list
(53134) 1999 BG1 18 January 1999 list
(54222) 2000 JF 3 May 2000 list
(55904) 1998 DR1 20 February 1998 list
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(56423) 2000 GW3 2 April 2000 list
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(73935) 1997 SH3 26 September 1997 list
(74312) 1998 UO6 21 October 1998 list
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(74401) 1998 YZ 16 December 1998 list
(74596) 1999 QQ 20 August 1999 list
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(79243) 1994 RA1 9 September 1994 list
(79347) 1996 XJ2 4 December 1996 list
(79478) 1998 CB1 6 February 1998 list
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(80243) 1999 WL1 28 November 1999 list
(80629) 2000 AJ204 14 January 2000 list
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(85402) 1996 TO15 4 October 1996 list
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(85428) 1997 AN16 14 January 1997 list
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(85840) 1998 YR4 18 December 1998 list
(85864) 1999 BJ7 21 January 1999 list
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(90821) 1995 SA2 26 September 1995 list
(90828) 1995 UH2 23 October 1995 list
(90893) 1997 BE 16 January 1997 list
(90907) 1997 GX 3 April 1997 list
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(91012) 1998 DY 18 February 1998 list
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(98074) 2000 RT56 7 September 2000 list
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(98727) 2000 YN16 26 December 2000 list
(100358) 1995 UK2 24 October 1995 list
(100437) 1996 OY 22 July 1996 list
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(152745) 1998 YN11 24 December 1998 list
(154468) 2003 DG17 28 February 2003 list
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(156867) 2003 DD16 27 February 2003 list
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(175707) 1996 QA1 20 August 1996 list
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(181766) 1997 AW14 12 January 1997 list
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KLENOT project

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Minor planets discovered: 30 [3]
see § List of discovered minor planets

KLENOT is an initialism of KLET Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope.[6] It is limited to objects with a visual apparent magnitude of 22.0 and brighter.[7]

List of discovered minor planets

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42377 KLENOT 8 March 2002 list
68779 Schöninger 18 March 2002 list
89909 Linie 8 March 2002 list
90279 Devětsil 26 February 2003 list
111913 Davidgans 1 April 2002 list
126780 Ivovasiljev 10 March 2002 list
128622 Rudiš 4 September 2004 list
149160 Geojih 1 April 2002 list
149728 Klostermann 19 May 2004 list
157064 Sedona 26 September 2003 list
159743 Kluk 23 March 2003 list
159799 Kralice 15 September 2003 list
159814 Saguaro 27 September 2003 list
166570 Adolfträger 8 September 2002 list
170306 Augustzátka 18 September 2003 list
175017 Záboří 28 March 2004 list
183560 Křišťan 24 May 2003 list
191282 Feustel 22 March 2003 list
204370 Ferdinandvaněk 5 October 2004 list
209107 Šafránek 16 September 2003 list
213771 Johndee 27 February 2003 list
215841 Čimelice 6 February 2005 list
223360 Švankmajer 16 September 2003 list
230648 Zikmund 17 September 2003 list
232923 Adalovelace 15 January 2005 list
235621 Kratochvíle 5 September 2004 list
250374 Jírovec 17 October 2003 list
350969 Boiohaemum 27 February 2003 list
363623 Chelčický 15 August 2004 list
405207 Konstanz 24 May 2003 list

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Adámek, Hynek (18 May 2012). "První český vědec na Antarktidě: Výzkum v nejdrsnějších podmínkách na Zemi". National Geographic Czech (in Czech). Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Mlsová, Ludmila (18 February 2013). "Na Kleti patří k nejlepším hledačům planetek, už jich mají tisíc". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Klet' Observatory & KLENOT Project". www.klet.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ^ "196P/Tichy (2000)". www.aerith.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ^ "KLENOT Project Homepage". Klet.org. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ^ "KLENOT Introduction". Klet.org. 13 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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