Jana Tichá

Jana Tichá (born 1965 in České Budějovice) is a Czech astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. She studied at the University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of the Kleť Observatory.

Jana Tichá with her ex-husband Miloš Tichý
Minor planets discovered: 110 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

She specializes in discoveries of asteroids and comets especially near-Earth objects (NEOs). The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 104 numbered minor planets during 1995–2003.[1] She is the chair of the IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), which is responsible for approving names of asteroids. She works together with her husband Miloš Tichý at Kleť.[2]

In her country she is also well known for her popularization activities. She is major contributor to the Czech web servers about asteroids and comets.

On 3 May 1996 the asteroid 5757 Tichá was named in her honour (M.P.C. 27128),[2][3] while she named her discovery, the main-belt asteroid 8307 Peltan, after several members of her family.[4]

List of discovered minor planets
7441 Láska30 July 1995list [A]
7493 Hirzo24 October 1995list
7608 Telegramia22 October 1995list
8307 Peltan5 March 1995list
8572 Nijo19 October 1996list [A]
10234 Sixtygarden27 December 1997list [A]
10403 Marcelgrün22 November 1997list [A]
10872 Vaculík12 October 1996list [A]
11105 Puchnarová24 October 1995list
11128 Ostravia3 November 1996list [A]
11141 Jindrawalter12 January 1997list [A]
11144 Radiocommunicata2 February 1997list [A]
11338 Schiele13 October 1996list [A]
12833 Kamenný Újezd2 February 1997list [A]
13229 Echion2 November 1997list [A]
13792 Kuščynskyj7 November 1998list [A]
14068 Hauserová21 April 1996list [A]
14948 Bartuška16 January 1996list [A]
15399 Hudec2 November 1997list [A]
16083 Jorvik12 October 1999list [A]
16709 Auratian29 September 1995list
16742 Zink21 July 1996list [A]
16794 Cucullia2 February 1997list [A]
18456 Mišík8 March 1995list [A]
18841 Hruška6 September 1999list [A]
19384 Winton6 February 1998list [A]
20164 Janzajíc9 November 1996list [A]
21270 Otokar19 July 1996list [A]
21873 Jindřichůvhradec29 October 1999list [A]
22442 Blaha14 October 1996list [A]
22450 Nové Hrady3 November 1996list [A]
25258 Nathaniel7 November 1998list [A]
26314 Škvorecký16 October 1998list [A]
26340 Evamarková13 December 1998list [A]
26969 Biver20 September 1997list [A]
27087 Tillmannmohr24 October 1998list [A]
28220 York28 December 1998list [A]
29477 Zdíkšíma31 October 1997list [A]
29738 Ivobudil23 January 1999list [A]
31232 Slavonice1 February 1998list [A]
31238 Kroměříž21 February 1998list [A]
33061 Václavmorava2 November 1997list [A]
35233 Krčín26 May 1995list [A]
35269 Idefix21 August 1996list [A]
35446 Stáňa6 February 1998list [A]
35977 Lexington3 July 1999list [A]
35978 Arlington5 July 1999list [A]
36035 Petrvok6 August 1999list [A]
37699 Santini-Aichl13 January 1996list [A]
37736 Jandl15 November 1996list [A]
(38246) 1999 PL414 August 1999list [A]
40206 Lhenice26 September 1998list [A]
44530 Horáková25 December 1998list [A]
44597 Thoreau6 August 1999list [A]
46692 Taormina2 February 1997list [A]
47144 Faulkes7 August 1999list [A]
47294 Blanský les28 November 1999list [A]
48794 Stolzová5 October 1997list [A]
49698 Váchal1 November 1999list [A]
50413 Petrginz27 February 2000list [A]
52665 Brianmay30 January 1998list [A]
53093 La Orotava28 December 1998list [A]
55082 Xlendi25 August 2001list [A]
56329 Tarxien28 November 1999list [A]
56422 Mnajdra2 April 2000list [A]
58607 Wenzel19 October 1997list [A]
58664 IYAMMIX21 December 1997list [A]
58682 Alenašolcová10 January 1998list [A]
59001 Senftenberg26 September 1998list [A]
59797 Píšala7 August 1999list [A]
59830 Reynek10 September 1999list [A]
61208 Stonařov30 July 2000list [A]
66934 Kálalová26 November 1999list [A]
69469 Krumbenowe16 November 1996list [A]
70679 Urzidil30 October 1999list [A]
70936 Kámen28 November 1999list [A]
74024 Hrabě23 April 1998list [A]
74370 Kolářjan9 December 1998list [A]
75223 Wupatki28 November 1999list [A]
76628 Kozí Hrádek22 April 2000list [A]
79347 Medlov4 December 1996list [A]
79354 Brundibár16 January 1997list [A]
85389 Rosenauer22 August 1996list [A]
85516 Vaclík2 November 1997list [A]
(85573) 1998 CE1 February 1998list [A]
(85574) 1998 CG1 February 1998list [A]
87097 Lomaki7 June 2000list [A]
91007 Ianfleming30 January 1998list [A]
100735 Alpomořanská19 February 1998list [A]
101721 Emanuelfritsch13 March 1999list [A]
118214 Agnesediboemia12 January 1996list [A]
129595 Vand2 November 1997list [A]
133077 Jirsík4 May 2003list [A]
136666 Seidel17 September 1995list [A]
152750 Brloh21 January 1999list [A]
171588 Náprstek26 November 1999list [A]
192439 Cílek1 November 1997list [A]
(196298) 2003 FQ22 March 2003list [A]
(215606) 2003 SF3617 September 2003list [A]
(223225) 2003 DW725 February 2003list [A]
(230667) 2003 SZ20025 September 2003list [A]
(259308) 2003 FY123 March 2003list [A]
(259309) 2003 FB223 March 2003list [A]
(259384) 2003 JX104 May 2003list [A]
(259481) 2003 SY20025 September 2003list [A]
(298349) 2003 JW104 May 2003list [A]
(307562) 2003 FX123 March 2003list [A]
(382764) 2003 QP1022 August 2003list [A]
(393568) 2003 JY104 May 2003list [A]
(474470) 2003 SA20125 September 2003list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A M. Tichý

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5757) Tichá". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5757) Tichá. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 487. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5426. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(8307) Peltan". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8307) Peltan. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 643. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6954. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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