Ladislav Brožek

Minor planets discovered: 23^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Ladislav Brožek (born 1952) is a Slovak astronomer.^[2] At the Bohemian Kleť Observatory, he discovered a total of 23 minor planets between 1979 and 1982, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.^[1]

One of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroid 2613 Plzeň, he named after his birthplace Plzeň.^[3] In 1981, he discovered 3102 Krok, a near-Earth object of the Apollo group.^[4] He also named another of his discoveries, 3834 Zappafrank, in memory of rock musician and composer Frank Zappa (1940–1993).^[5]

List of discovered minor planets

Note: Ladislav Brožek made no co-discoveries
4146 Rudolfinum	16 February 1982	list
4190 Kvasnica	11 May 1980	list
4369 Seifert	30 July 1982	list
5221 Fabribudweis	16 March 1980	list
5417 Solovaya	24 August 1981	list
6076 Plavec	14 February 1980	list
6765 Fibonacci	20 January 1982	list
7739 Čech	14 February 1982	list
(10035) 1982 DC₂	16 February 1982	list
(16393) 1981 QS	24 August 1981	list
27675 Paulmaley	2 February 1981	list

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Encyklopedie Českých Budějovic". encyklopedie.c-budejovice.cz (in Czech). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2613) Plzeň". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2613) Plzeň. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 213. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2614. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "3102 Krok (1981 QA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3834) Zappafrank". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3834) Zappafrank. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 325. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3826. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.