PROFILBARU.COM

Kleť Observatory
Alternative names	Klet Observatory-KLENOT
Named after	Kleť
Observatory code	046, 246
Location	Kleť, Kájov, , Český Krumlov District, South Bohemian Region, Czechia
Coordinates	48°51′49″N 14°17′04″E / 48.8636°N 14.2844°E
Altitude	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Website	www.klet.cz
	Location of Kleť Observatory
	Related media on Commons
	[edit on Wikidata]

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.

Astronomers

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

The observatory has two primary telescopes:

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

Gallery

Summit of Mount Kleť, the observatory is visible on the left
Jana Tichá, Miloš Tichý and KLENOT in 2004
Telescope

Discoveries

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

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
(31049) 1996 QZ	20 August 1996	list
(31092) 1997 CW₅	6 February 1997	list
(31106) 1997 PU₂	12 August 1997	list
(31145) 1997 UK	19 October 1997	list
(31204) 1998 AA₁₀	15 January 1998	list
(31215) 1998 BN₁₀	26 January 1998	list
(31321) 1998 HD₃	21 April 1998	list

(31364) 1998 WM₆	24 November 1998	list
(31571) 1999 FY₂₀	25 March 1999	list
(32596) 2001 QS₁₅₄	29 August 2001	list
(32939) 1995 UN₂	24 October 1995	list
(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
(37694) 1995 WC₆	26 November 1995	list
(37753) 1997 CO₁₃	7 February 1997	list
(39893) 1998 FS₅	24 March 1998	list
(40202) 1998 SN₂₆	24 September 1998	list
(42598) 1997 UD₈	29 October 1997	list
(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
(46252) 2001 HH₃₂	30 April 2001	list

(46663) 1996 DR₂	26 February 1996	list
(46672) 1996 OA	16 July 1996	list
(46730) 1997 TY₁₆	9 October 1997	list
(46776) 1998 HN₄₉	24 April 1998	list
(46924) 1998 SP₂₆	24 September 1998	list
(47163) 1999 TP₁₁	8 October 1999	list
(47500) 2000 AX₅₀	7 January 2000	list
(48727) 1997 AL₁₈	15 January 1997	list
(48732) 1997 CM₄	3 February 1997	list
(50184) 2000 AN₁₆₈	13 January 2000	list
(50960) 2000 GN₈₂	9 April 2000	list
(51199) 2000 JA₄	4 May 2000	list
(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
(55905) 1998 DD₃	21 February 1998	list
(55941) 1998 HS₄	23 April 1998	list
(56423) 2000 GW₃	2 April 2000	list
(58516) 1996 XT₁₄	11 December 1996	list
(58574) 1997 RD₈	11 September 1997	list
(58582) 1997 SF₃	25 September 1997	list
(58690) 1998 BP₁₀	27 January 1998	list
(58694) 1998 BQ₂₅	27 January 1998	list
(58752) 1998 FF₁₂	26 March 1998	list

(59113) 1998 XQ	10 December 1998	list
(59197) 1999 BN₃	20 January 1999	list
(59797) 1999 PX	7 August 1999	list
(63688) 2001 QR₁₅₄	28 August 2001	list
(65793) 1995 WS₃	21 November 1995	list
(66857) 1999 VQ₂₅	15 November 1999	list
(67069) 2000 AQ₁	2 January 2000	list
(69450) 1996 TL₃	4 October 1996	list
(69475) 1996 XE₉	6 December 1996	list
(69579) 1998 DQ₁	20 February 1998	list
(69999) 1998 XN	9 December 1998	list
(70937) 1999 WT₂	29 November 1999	list
(73810) 1995 UW₂	24 October 1995	list
(73871) 1997 AP₁₆	14 January 1997	list
(73935) 1997 SH₃	26 September 1997	list
(74312) 1998 UO₆	21 October 1998	list
(74381) 1998 XU₁₅	15 December 1998	list
(74401) 1998 YZ	16 December 1998	list
(74596) 1999 QQ	20 August 1999	list
(74805) 1999 TF	2 October 1999	list
(75759) 2000 AH₁₆₈	12 January 2000	list
(77039) 2001 CK₃₇	15 February 2001	list
(79243) 1994 RA₁	9 September 1994	list
(79347) 1996 XJ₂	4 December 1996	list
(79478) 1998 CB₁	6 February 1998	list

(79498) 1998 FP₁₂₆	31 March 1998	list
79896 Billhaley	20 January 1999	list
(80243) 1999 WL₁	28 November 1999	list
(80629) 2000 AJ₂₀₄	14 January 2000	list
(80630) 2000 AL₂₀₄	14 January 2000	list
(85402) 1996 TO₁₅	4 October 1996	list
(85416) 1996 XN₂	4 December 1996	list
(85428) 1997 AN₁₆	14 January 1997	list
(85429) 1997 AJ₁₈	15 January 1997	list
(85508) 1997 UD₇	23 October 1997	list
(85510) 1997 UZ₇	29 October 1997	list
(85576) 1998 DH₁	19 February 1998	list
(85772) 1998 UN₆	21 October 1998	list
(85816) 1998 XG	8 December 1998	list
(85840) 1998 YR₄	18 December 1998	list
(85864) 1999 BJ₇	21 January 1999	list
(88909) 2001 TG₇	13 October 2001	list
(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
(90933) 1997 TX₇	5 October 1997	list
(91012) 1998 DY	18 February 1998	list
(91042) 1998 FF₁₅	26 March 1998	list
(91225) 1999 BL₃	20 January 1999	list

(91226) 1999 BK₇	22 January 1999	list
(91330) 1999 HM₂	20 April 1999	list
(94186) 2001 AH₄₅	15 January 2001	list
(95072) 2002 AW₆₆	15 January 2002	list
(96355) 1997 VR₆	11 November 1997	list
(96393) 1998 DF₁	19 February 1998	list
(98074) 2000 RT₅₆	7 September 2000	list
(98725) 2000 YP₁₄	23 December 2000	list
(98727) 2000 YN₁₆	26 December 2000	list
(100358) 1995 UK₂	24 October 1995	list
(100437) 1996 OY	22 July 1996	list
(100462) 1996 TV₉	15 October 1996	list
(100508) 1997 AY₁₄	13 January 1997	list
(100517) 1997 BD	16 January 1997	list
(100524) 1997 CV₅	6 February 1997	list
(100625) 1997 UZ	22 October 1997	list
(101041) 1998 QV₉₈	31 August 1998	list
(101578) 1999 BM₃	20 January 1999	list
(101621) 1999 CH₁₆	15 February 1999	list
(101893) 1999 PJ	6 August 1999	list
(101963) 1999 RG₄₀	15 September 1999	list
(102622) 1999 VR₂₅	15 November 1999	list
(102859) 1999 WH₁	28 November 1999	list
(102860) 1999 WJ₁	28 November 1999	list
(102867) 1999 WE₅	30 November 1999	list

(104329) 2000 FN₈	25 March 2000	list
(107567) 2001 DK₈₉	27 February 2001	list
(112063) 2002 JA₁₆	7 May 2002	list
(120676) 1997 AO₁₆	14 January 1997	list
(120788) 1998 FD₁₆	26 March 1998	list
(120801) 1998 FU₇₂	30 March 1998	list
(120816) 1998 HN₄₂	30 April 1998	list
(120985) 1998 XT₁₅	15 December 1998	list
(121088) 1999 FX₂₀	24 March 1999	list
(121225) 1999 RX₂₇	8 September 1999	list
(121239) 1999 RQ₄₁	14 September 1999	list
(121643) 1999 WN₁	28 November 1999	list
(121804) 2000 AK₁₆₈	13 January 2000	list
(128721) 2004 RU₁₃₆	8 September 2004	list
(129590) 1997 UN	19 October 1997	list
(129597) 1997 VT₁	4 November 1997	list
(129878) 1999 SQ₂	21 September 1999	list
(132160) 2002 ES₂	8 March 2002	list
(134486) 1998 XP	10 December 1998	list
(134738) 2000 AM₁₆₈	13 January 2000	list
(134742) 2000 AK₂₀₄	14 January 2000	list
(136825) 1997 SX₃	26 September 1997	list
(136833) 1997 UP	19 October 1997	list
(137033) 1998 UM₆	21 October 1998	list
(142473) 2002 TF₁₅	1 October 2002	list

(143492) 2003 DP₄	22 February 2003	list
(151241) 2002 AE	4 January 2002	list
(151436) 2002 GK₂	6 April 2002	list
(152661) 1998 DS₁	20 February 1998	list
(152733) 1998 WL₈	25 November 1998	list
(152743) 1998 YK₆	22 December 1998	list
(152745) 1998 YN₁₁	24 December 1998	list
(154468) 2003 DG₁₇	28 February 2003	list
(155400) 1995 UD₁	21 October 1995	list
155438 Velásquez	18 February 1998	list
(155679) 2000 JP₂	4 May 2000	list
(156867) 2003 DD₁₆	27 February 2003	list
(157852) 1998 TH₆	13 October 1998	list
(160539) 1997 SG	20 September 1997	list
(160605) 1999 TT₁₂	12 October 1999	list
(161230) 2002 XO₉₀	13 December 2002	list
(162059) 1997 AM₁₇	13 January 1997	list
(164677) 1997 GA₄	8 April 1997	list
(164717) 1998 GN₁	6 April 1998	list
(164818) 1999 RR₄₁	14 September 1999	list
(166386) 2002 NO₄	8 July 2002	list
(173165) 1997 AM₁₈	15 January 1997	list
(173208) 1998 SO₂₆	24 September 1998	list
(175697) 1995 UG₂	23 October 1995	list
(175707) 1996 QA₁	20 August 1996	list

(178337) 1995 UM₂	24 October 1995	list
(179560) 2002 EL₁₁	13 March 2002	list
(180523) 2004 DR₃₈	20 February 2004	list
(181766) 1997 AW₁₄	12 January 1997	list
(188152) 2002 GK	2 April 2002	list
(188209) 2002 SO₂₈	30 September 2002	list
(189424) 1997 SK₂	25 September 1997	list
(191899) 2005 BP₁	17 January 2005	list
(192458) 1998 DG₁	19 February 1998	list
(192466) 1998 FJ₁₆	30 March 1998	list
(192588) 1999 BH₁	18 January 1999	list
(192928) 2000 AP₆	5 January 2000	list
(194004) 2001 SB₅	18 September 2001	list
(196948) 2003 US₃₈	26 October 2003	list
(197952) 2004 RA₈₄	9 September 2004	list
(200204) 1999 TX₄	2 October 1999	list
(200529) 2001 DA	16 February 2001	list
(204576) 2005 GN₉	3 April 2005	list
(205013) 1997 PS₂	11 August 1997	list
(205063) 1999 RD₃₉	13 September 1999	list
(205166) 2000 AL₁₆₈	13 January 2000	list
(205257) 2000 RT₇₈	9 September 2000	list
(208033) 1999 QR	20 August 1999	list
(209066) 2003 QU₆₉	26 August 2003	list
(210476) 1995 UF₁	22 October 1995	list

(213647) 2002 RY₁₁₆	7 September 2002	list
(213775) 2003 DK₁₇	28 February 2003	list
(215123) 1999 RS₄₁	15 September 1999	list
(215624) 2003 SF₂₃₅	26 September 2003	list
(219102) 1998 SQ₂₆	24 September 1998	list
(220629) 2004 PE₁₀₅	15 August 2004	list
(225571) 2000 UV₁	23 October 2000	list
(230853) 2004 RZ₈₃	9 September 2004	list
(231745) 1999 RR₂₁₄	15 September 1999	list
(231924) 2001 CL₃₇	15 February 2001	list
(232962) 2005 ES₃₈	4 March 2005	list
(239808) 1996 TK₉	12 October 1996	list
(239817) 1998 BZ₃₃	31 January 1998	list
(241373) 2008 RM	2 September 2008	list
(242235) 2003 SM₁₂₉	20 September 2003	list
(243160) 2007 TB₇₅	15 October 2007	list
(245366) 2005 GS	1 April 2005	list
(247201) 2001 OO₁₀₉	31 July 2001	list
(251721) 1997 UO	19 October 1997	list
(251726) 1998 DD₁	18 February 1998	list
(264990) 2003 DR₄	22 February 2003	list
(267018) 1995 UL₂	24 October 1995	list
(268052) 2004 RH	2 September 2004	list
(268053) 2004 RV₁	5 September 2004	list
(268057) 2004 RQ₂₄	8 September 2004	list

(269246) 2008 QF₂₀	30 August 2008	list
(274296) 2008 QJ₁₉	27 August 2008	list
(276496) 2003 QU₂₇	23 August 2003	list
(279966) 2001 TD₈	15 October 2001	list
(280175) 2002 RB₁₁₇	7 September 2002	list
(280371) 2003 UV₇	18 October 2003	list
(281167) 2007 EN₃₉	12 March 2007	list
(285142) 1995 UG₁	22 October 1995	list
(287641) 2003 JA₄	3 May 2003	list
(287692) 2003 QX₂₇	23 August 2003	list
(302054) 2000 UU₁	22 October 2000	list
(303177) 2004 FW₃₁	29 March 2004	list
(307626) 2003 SS₇₆	18 September 2003	list
(307688) 2003 UW₇	18 October 2003	list
(309359) 2007 TG₇₂	14 October 2007	list
(310951) 2003 UT₃₈	26 October 2003	list
(311119) 2004 PA₂₀	8 August 2004	list
(318168) 2004 RY	5 September 2004	list
(322455) 2011 UG₃₆	14 February 2001	list
(323297) 2003 UX₇	18 October 2003	list
(326173) 2012 BC₁₁₅	14 February 2001	list
(328372) 2008 QH₁₉	27 August 2008	list
(330483) 2007 GY₂₄	11 April 2007	list
(331906) 2004 RR₁₀	7 September 2004	list
(344647) 2003 QT₆₉	26 August 2003	list

(363728) 2004 XC₄	4 December 2004	list
(363761) 2005 CF₃₇	6 February 2005	list
(366351) 1999 TO₁₁	8 October 1999	list
(368582) 2004 PD₁₀₅	15 August 2004	list
(370011) 2000 AD₄₂	6 January 2000	list
(377174) 2003 UR₃₈	24 October 2003	list
(386031) 2007 EY₂₆	12 March 2007	list
(401820) 1996 SP₇	30 September 1996	list
(410327) 2007 UT₁₂	16 October 2007	list
(427516) 2002 GZ₁	4 April 2002	list
(430629) 2003 QW₂₇	23 August 2003	list
(434343) 2004 RG	2 September 2004	list
(457074) 2008 EE₆₉	6 March 2008	list
(462055) 2007 EX₂₆	12 March 2007	list
(474144) 1997 UA	18 October 1997	list

KLENOT project

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

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

References

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ "Klet' Observatory & KLENOT Project". www.klet.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ "196P/Tichy (2000)". www.aerith.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ "KLENOT Project Homepage". Klet.org. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "KLENOT Introduction". Klet.org. 13 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

External links

"Kleť Observatory". official website.

[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.

[thousand_asteroids-2] 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.

[MPC-Discoverers-3] "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.

[KLENOT-6] "KLENOT Project Homepage". Klet.org. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[KLENOT_info-7] "KLENOT Introduction". Klet.org. 13 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

Kleť Observatory