Lenka Kotková (née Šarounová ; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets .
She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), located near Prague .[ 2] Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera [ 3] and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann .[ 4]
Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague . Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids . In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stellar department as an observant with a two-metre Ondřejov telescope.
In the year 2000 she received the Zdeněk Kvíz Award of the Czech Astronomical Society for significant work in the research of variable stars .
The asteroid 10390 Lenka , discovered by her colleagues Petr Pravec and Marek Wolf in 1997, is named after her.[ 2] The asteroid 60001 Adélka , discovered by her in 1999, is named after her daughter,[ 5] while 7897 Bohuška , discovered by her in 1995, is named after her mother.[ 6]
List of discovered minor planets
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(40137) 1998 QO60
28 August 1998
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40410 Příhoda
4 September 1999
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(40718) 1999 SU2
21 September 1999
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(41222) 1999 XH15
2 December 1999
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(41473) 2000 PU9
9 August 2000
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(44234) 1998 QE29
26 August 1998
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(44712) 1999 TJ5
4 October 1999
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(44853) 1999 UR4
31 October 1999
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46722 Ireneadler
2 September 1997
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(46860) 1998 QP60
27 August 1998
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(48629) 1995 SP
18 September 1995
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(48694) 1996 HP
18 April 1996
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important; height: 324px;
(48781) 1997 SL
20 September 1997
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48782 Fierz
20 September 1997
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49110 Květafialová
16 September 1998
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(49247) 1998 TL6
13 October 1998
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51261 Holuša
13 May 2000
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(51323) 2000 LQ8
4 June 2000
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(52597) 1997 RM9
15 September 1997
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(52603) 1997 TV9
5 October 1997
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(52608) 1997 TM19
10 October 1997
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(53057) 1998 XZ16
10 December 1998
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(53263) 1999 FW6
25 March 1999
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(55860) 1997 BQ6
31 January 1997
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(63687) 2001 QH154
30 August 2001
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(67713) 2000 UF1
22 October 2000
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(69950) 1998 VW4
12 November 1998
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(70180) 1999 QM2
31 August 1999
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(70433) 1999 TS3
2 October 1999
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(70448) 1999 TS15
7 October 1999
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(70681) 1999 US4
31 October 1999
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(70722) 1999 VY
1 November 1999
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72447 Polińska
16 February 2001
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(73934) 1997 SO2
24 September 1997
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(74601) 1999 RK3
5 September 1999
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(79442) 1997 UX
22 October 1997
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(91215) 1999 AN
5 January 1999
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(91431) 1999 RQ
3 September 1999
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(91574) 1999 SV2
22 September 1999
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(91592) 1999 TU3
2 October 1999
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(91850) 1999 UN7
31 October 1999
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(92064) 1999 WA13
26 November 1999
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(92440) 2000 KG1
24 May 2000
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(94258) 2001 CZ36
14 February 2001
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(94266) 2001 DO
16 February 2001
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(96328) 1997 GC
2 April 1997
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(96349) 1997 US7
23 October 1997
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(96356) 1997 VH8
10 November 1997
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(96603) 1998 YH12
20 December 1998
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(98095) 2000 RQ77
8 September 2000
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(98096) 2000 RR77
8 September 2000
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98127 Vilgusová
24 September 2000
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(99919) 1999 RR31
8 September 1999
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100308 ČAS
21 April 1995
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(100522) 1997 CA
1 February 1997
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(101495) 1998 XJ3
10 December 1998
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(101903) 1999 RR
3 September 1999
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(102215) 1999 TR3
2 October 1999
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(102531) 1999 UP4
31 October 1999
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(106172) 2000 UF
19 October 2000
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(108305) 2001 JX
11 May 2001
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(108306) 2001 JZ
11 May 2001
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(108641) 2001 NU9
15 July 2001
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(118413) 1999 SP1
19 September 1999
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(119083) 2001 NT9
15 July 2001
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(120736) 1997 TA17
9 October 1997
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(120742) 1997 VW1
4 November 1997
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(121004) 1998 YQ27
29 December 1998
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(121210) 1999 QG2
25 August 1999
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(121322) 1999 SQ1
19 September 1999
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(122280) 2000 PQ8
8 August 2000
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(123851) 2001 CB37
14 February 2001
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(129829) 1999 RP
3 September 1999
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(129884) 1999 TB4
2 October 1999
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131181 Žebrák
15 February 2001
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(131352) 2001 JA1
11 May 2001
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(134441) 1998 SK36
27 September 1998
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(136823) 1997 QR
26 August 1997
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(137076) 1998 XK3
10 December 1998
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(137497) 1999 VH
1 November 1999
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(138654) 2000 RP77
8 September 2000
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(138980) 2001 CY36
14 February 2001
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(150162) 1997 SO
20 September 1997
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(150275) 1999 TR16
14 October 1999
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important; height: 324px;
(152592) 1995 SK1
22 September 1995
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(152627) 1997 DF
26 February 1997
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(152818) 1999 UK4
29 October 1999
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(155395) 1995 SA5
25 September 1995
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(157825) 1997 RE8
12 September 1997
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(157872) 1999 GJ6
14 April 1999
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(160697) 2000 LB15
4 June 2000
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(162095) 1998 QC29
25 August 1998
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(162187) 1999 QR2
31 August 1999
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(162478) 2000 OT9
31 July 2000
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(164688) 1997 SO1
21 September 1997
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(171512) 1998 RP20
14 September 1998
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important; height: 324px;
(173275) 1999 TQ16
14 October 1999
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(178846) 2001 JT
10 May 2001
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(181884) 1999 RS28
8 September 1999
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(181905) 1999 SR1
20 September 1999
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(187809) 1999 TS16
14 October 1999
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(189458) 1999 RO31
4 September 1999
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(190314) 1997 VU1
1 November 1997
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(190325) 1998 QQ60
27 August 1998
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(192636) 1999 QL2
31 August 1999
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(193631) 2001 CA37
14 February 2001
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(193870) 2001 QF154
29 August 2001
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(200183) 1999 RO
3 September 1999
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important; height: 324px;
(200359) 2000 PB7
1 August 2000
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(202951) 1999 RE
3 September 1999
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(213050) 1998 TS3
12 October 1998
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(213251) 2001 CS41
15 February 2001
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(218068) 2002 FX1
18 March 2002
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(219038) 1995 SK
17 September 1995
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(234117) 1999 WZ12
26 November 1999
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(234357) 2001 JA5
13 May 2001
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(240295) 2003 FK2
23 March 2003
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(243776) 2000 SH
18 September 2000
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(246928) 1999 CV2
9 February 1999
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(246959) 1999 TV3
2 October 1999
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important; height: 324px;
(269703) 1997 UR7
23 October 1997
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(270027) 2001 JS
10 May 2001
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(275565) 1999 SZ9
27 September 1999
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(279606) 2011 ER24
22 July 2001
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(280281) 2003 FF1
22 March 2003
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(282120) 2001 CU41
15 February 2001
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(285753) 2000 UE1
22 October 2000
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(322781) 2001 OD17
21 July 2001
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(344078) 1998 QB29
25 August 1998
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(350293) 2012 TX296
2 October 1999
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(366349) 1999 RQ31
5 September 1999
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(370072) 2001 QA154
28 August 2001
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