Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-07-26 ) 26 July 1973 (age 52) , Dobřichovice , Czechoslovakia
- Alma mater
- Charles University of Prague
- Known for
- discoverer of minor planets
- Awards
- Cena Zdeňka Kvíze
- Fields
- Astronomer
- Institutions
- Astronomical Institute AV ČR in Ondřejov
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lenka
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Dobřichovice
- Educated at
- Charles University
- Employer
- Ondřejov Observatory
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Lenka Kotková, Ondřejov Astronomical.jpg
- Residence
- Czech Republic
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- date of birth
- 1973-07-26
- birth name
- Lenka Šarounová
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- Lenka Kotková
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lenka Kotková” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.