nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
3081 | Martinůboh | Named in memory of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959), known in the musical world as th |
4090 | Říšehvězd | Named for Říše hvězd (the Realm of Stars), Czech popular journal for astronomy. Origi |
4801 | Ohře | Named for a Czech river rising in Germany near the Czech border and continuing through the towns of |
5268 | Černohorský | Czech physicist Martin Černohorský (b. 1923) read the basic course of physics to several generation |
5423 | Horahořejš | Petr Hora Hořejš (b. 1938) is a Czech journalist, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote a thirteen bo |
5552 | Studnička | Named in memory of František Josef Studnička (1836-1903), professor of mathematics at Charles Univer |
5639 | Ćuk | Matija Ćuk (b. 1978) is a dynamical astronomer and a discoverer of the BYORP mechanism, by which the |
5719 | Křižík | Czech electrical engineer and inventor František Křižík (1847-1941), constructed an arc lamp with a |
5844 | Chlupáč | Ivo Chlupáč (1931–2002) was a Czech geologist, stratigrapher and paleontologist. He was responsible |
5894 | Telč | Telč, a small town on the border of southern Bohemia and Moravia, was founded in the twelfth century |
6149 | Pelčák | Oldřich Pelčák (b. 1943) has been a Czechoslovak astronaut-candidate, a member of a team of Czechosl |
6508 | Rolčík | Viktor Rolčík (1884-1954) was a Czech optician and telescope maker. The 0.31-m reflector, the main |
6550 | Parléř | Beginning in 1356, the German-born master builder Petr Parléř (c. 1333-1399) led the construction of |
6584 | Luděkpešek | Luděk Pešek (1919-1999) was a Swiss astronomical artist and writer known for scientifically realisti |
6802 | Černovice | Named for the small town where the discoverer lived in his youth. Founded in the fourteenth century, |
7057 | Al-Fārābī | Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Fārābī (c. 872-c. 951) spent much of his life in Baghdad as a promine |
7058 | Al-Ṭūsī | Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135-c. 1213) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who invented the lin |
7364 | Otonkučera | Founder of the Zagreb Observatory, Oton Kučera (1857-1931) was a teacher, field biologist, astronome |
7490 | Babička | Named in memory of Marie Macháčová (1922-1998) and Marie Petrželová (1912-1998), the grandmothers of |
7532 | Pelhřimov | Pelhřimov is the south Bohemian town, founded in the thirteenth century, where the discoverer attend |
7695 | Přemysl | Named for a mythical hero Přemysl, called Ploughman. He married princess Libuše, and they became th |
7711 | Říp | Named for a hill in central Bohemia (459 m above sea level) located about 30 km north of Prague. Wh |
7739 | Čech | Named in memory of Eduard Čech (1893-1960), Czech mathematician, professor at Charles University in |
7747 | Michałowski | Named in honor of Tadeusz Michałowski (b. 1954), Polish astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory o |
8336 | Šafařík | Named in memory of Vojtěch Šafařík (1829-1902), known for his work in inorganic chemistry, Czech che |
8422 | Mohorovičić | Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Austro-Hungarian seismologist, researched seismic wave propagation |
9383 | Monteĺimar | Named for the city in southeastern France, near the confluence of the Roubion and Rhône rivers. The |
9429 | Poreč | Poreč is a town of cultural monuments, including the sixth-century Euphrasius Basilica. Its positio |
9657 | Učka | Učka is the highest mountain on the Istrian peninsula, which extends into the northern Adriatic sea. |
9884 | Příbram | The town of Příbram, in central Bohemia, was the impact site, on 1959 Apr. 7, of the first photograp |
10174 | Emička | Ema Moravcová (b. 1999) is the discoverer's daughter. |
10241 | Miličević | Don Nikola Miličević (1887-1963) was last administrator of Blaca Hermitage on Brač, Croatia. In Blac |
10423 | Dajčić | Mario Dajčić (1923-1991) was a prominent Croatian amateur astronomer, telescope builder and educator |
10577 | Jihčesmuzeum | Jihočeské muzeum (The South Bohemian Museum) was established in České Budějovice in 1877. It is wel |
10645 | Brač | Brač is an island in the central part of the Adriatic sea and home of the Pustinja Blaca Hermitage O |
11101 | Českáfilharmonie | The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is known for its spontaneous musicality and distinctive interpretiv |
11126 | Doleček | Josef (“Jožka”) Doleček (b. 1912) had a principal role in building the public observatory of Valašsk |
11134 | České Budějovice | České Budějovice is the historic, cultural, educational, industrial and administrative center of sou |
11191 | Paskvić | Ivan Paskvić (1754-1829), known in Hungary as Paquich Ja'nos, born in the Adriatic city of Senj, was |
11805 | Novaković | Bojan Novaković (b. 1976) is a professor at the University of Belgrade who has performed analyses of |
12010 | Kovářov | Kovářov, first mentioned in 1220, is a south Bohemian village situated in a pleasant hilly landscape |
12999 | Toruń | Toruń, Poland, is the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus. In 1997, the gothic Old Town became a UNESC |
13367 | Jiří | Jiří Borovička (b. 1964), of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Repu |
13792 | Kuščynskyj | Taras Kuščynskyj (1932-1983) was a Czech photographer, known for his beautiful black-and-white image |
14509 | Lučenec | Lučenec is a small historical town, cultural and industrial center of Novohrad in the south of Slova |
14968 | Kubáček | Dalibor Kubáček (b. 1957) worked at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, where he studied t |
14974 | Počátky | Počátky is the south Bohemian town where the discoverer was born. |
14976 | Josefčapek | Josef Čapek (1887-1945) was a Czech artist with wide interests, including painting, graphic arts and |
15053 | Bochníček | Záviš Bochníček (b. 1920), a Czech astronomer living in Slovakia, worked on photographic observation |
15392 | Budějický | Czech radio astronomer Jaromír Budějický (1919-1991) was head of the Radio Department of the Ondřejo |
15860 | Siráň | Slovak geophysicist Gustáv Siráň (1934-2000) was a professor at Comenius University, Bratislava. Fr |
15870 | Obůrka | Oto Obůrka (1909-1982), professor at Brno University of Technology, founded the Nicholas Copernicus |
15897 | Beňačková | Slovak soprano Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová (b. 1947) belonged to the National Theatre in Prague and t |
16781 | Renčín | Vladimír Renčín (b. 1941) is a Czech graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He published sever |
16801 | Petřínpragensis | Petřín is a memorable hill in the center of Prague. There is located the Štefánik Observatory, foun |
16817 | Onderlička | Bedřich Onderlička (1923-1994) was a prominent Czech astrophysicist and enthusiastic pedagogue, head |
17600 | Dobřichovice | Dobřichovice is a small town in central Bohemia near Prague, with its existence documented from 1253 |
18497 | Nevězice | Nevězice is the site of an ancient Celtic town in central Bohemia above the Vltava river. It was se |
18676 | Zdeňkaplavcová | Czech radio astronomer Zdeňka Plavcová (b. 1930) was codesigner of the meteor radar of the Ondřejov |
20256 | Adolfneckař | Adolf Neckař (1909-1995) built a public observatory in Prostějov, Moravia, from 1950 at a provisiona |
20364 | Zdeněkmiler | Czech film-maker and illustrator Zdeněk Miler (b. 1921), known for his cartoons and books for childr |
20497 | Mařenka | Mařenka is the nickname of the main soprano character in Smetana's The Bartered Bride. Jeníč |
21257 | Jižní Čechy | Jižní Čechy (South Bohemia) is a region of the Czech Republic known for its pleasant landscape, hist |
21776 | Kryszczyńska | Agnieszka Kryszczyńska (b. 1965) is a planetary scientist at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. Usi |
21801 | Ančerl | Karel Ančerl (1908-1973) was the head conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra during 1950-1968 |
21802 | Svoreň | Ján Svoreň (b. 1949) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Science |
21873 | Jindřichůvhradec | Jindřichův Hradec is the pleasant south Bohemian town founded in the thirteenth century, known for i |
21888 | Ďurech | Josef Ďurech (b. 1974), of the Astronomical Institute, Charles University, in Prague, has provided l |
22465 | Karelanděl | Karel Anděl (1884-1948) was a teacher. In astronomy he was known as a moon cartographer, author of |
23444 | Kukučín | Martin Kukučín (Matej Bencúr, 1860-1928) was a Slovak writer and the first important realistic novel |
23583 | Křivský | Ladislav Křivský (b. 1925), Czech astronomer and meteorologist, worked particularly in solar physics |
23648 | Kolář | Czech amateur astronomer and telecommunication engineer Jan Kolář (b. 1936) served for decades as ch |
23650 | Čvančara | Jaroslav Čvančara (b. 1948) is a Czech writer, historian and musician. He is a banjo player and the |
24194 | Paľuš | Pavel Paľuš (b. 1936), director of the Astronomical Institute at Comenius Unversity during 1997-2001 |
24260 | Kriváň | At 2494 meters, Kriváň is the most beautiful Slovak peak and one of the national symbols of Slovakia |
24455 | Kaňuchová | Zuzana Kaňuchová (b. 1979) is a researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sc |
24949 | Klačka | Slovak physicist Jozef Klačka (b. 1963) is an associate professor at Comenius University, Bratislava |
25613 | Bubeníček | Petr Bubeníček (b. 1990) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Enginee |
25864 | Banič | Štefan Banič (1870-1941) invented the parachute. In 1913 he constructed a prototype of a parachute |
26195 | Černohlávek | Ivo Černohlávek (1960-1995) pioneered the Internet in the Czech Republic, cofounded the Czech academ |
26640 | Bahýľ | Ján Bahýľ (1856-1916) invented and constructed many technical devices, such as a petrol motor-driven |
26897 | Červená | Czech opera singer Soňa Červená (b. 1925) made her debut in Brno and moved to Berlin in 1958. She pe |
26986 | Čáslavská | Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942) became famous for her extraordinary achievements at the Olymp |
29473 | Krejčí | František Krejčí (1901-1984), an honorary member of the Czechoslovak Astronomical Society, in 1963 f |
29476 | Kvíčala | Jan Kvíčala (1913-1972), Czech jurist and amateur astronomer, was a keen observer of variable stars |
29824 | Kalmančok | Dušan Kalmančok (b. 1945) is a distinguished personality in Slovak astronomy. He significantly contr |
30234 | Dudziński | Grzegorz Dudziński (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of the Ada |
31124 | Slavíček | Karel Slavíček (1678-1735), Jesuit missionary and scientist was the first Czech sinologist. Togethe |
31238 | Kroměříž | The Moravian town of Kroměříž, known mainly for its gardens and Archbishop's castle, offers an excep |
31324 | Jiřímrázek | Jiří Mrázek (1923-1978) was a Czech geophysicist specializing in ionospheric studies but with much w |
32596 | Čepek | Aleš Čepek (b. 1954) is a professor at the Department of Mapping and Cartography, Faculty of Civil |
33017 | Wroński | Józef Maria Hoëne-Wroński (1778-1853) was a Polish mathematician and philosopher, known for the wron |
33058 | Kovařík | Oton Kovařík (b. 1928), Czech actor, orator and painter, is now living in California with his wife D |
33137 | Strejček | Alfred Strejček (b. 1941) is a Czech actor, moderator, musician, screenwriter, narrator, reciter and |
33377 | Večerníček | Večerníček is an animated figure accompanied by music. It invites children to the Czech Television t |
34753 | Zdeněkmatyáš | Zdeněk Matyáš (1914-1956), Czech theoretical physicist, one of the founders of Czechoslovak solid st |
35233 | Krčín | Jakub Krčín of Jelčany (1535-1604) became famous for designing and making ponds in South Bohemia. N |
35446 | Stáňa | Stáňa (Stanislava) Setváková (b. 1967) is a staff member of the Prague Planetarium and wife of mete |
37432 | Piszkéstető | Piszkéstető is a 944-meter-high peak in Hungary, on the Mátra Mountain. The Konkoly Observatory's mo |
38238 | Holíč | Dating from 1205 and first settled in the neolithic era, Holíč is in the Záhorie region of western S |
38461 | Jiřítrnka | Jiří Trnka (1912-1969) is a Czech graphic artist, painter, maker of puppets, director of animated an |
38674 | Těšínsko | Těšínsko is a region in the southeastern part of Silesia, where the Olza river traverses. In the thi |
40410 | Příhoda | Pavel Příhoda (b. 1934) has devoted his life to the popularization of astronomy. At the Prague Plan |
43667 | Dumlupınar | On 1953 Apr. 4 the Turkish submarine Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and san |
44885 | Vodička | Karel Vodička (1880-1957) was a mathematician and physicist with a deep interest in astronomy, direc |
45492 | Sławomirbreiter | Sławomir Breiter (b. 1963) is a professor at the Poznań Astronomical Observatory in Poland. His work |
48638 | Třebíč | The Moravian town of Třebíč is known mainly for the Basilica of St. Procopius built in the early 13t |
48934 | Kočanová | Mária Kočanová (1890-1976) was a Slovak writer, novelist and dramatist. She drew themes from contem |
49110 | Květafialová | Květa Fialová (b. 1929) is a well-known actress in Czech-Slovak cinematography and theatre, who has |
53159 | Mysliveček | Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) was a Czech composer from the period of early classicism. He worked in |
55844 | Bičák | Jiří Bičák (b. 1942) is a professor of theoretical physics at Charles University in Prague. His exp |
58440 | Zdeněkstuchlík | Zdeněk Stuchlík (b. 1950) is a Czech theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, fine art photographer |
61208 | Stonařov | Stonařov (in German, “Stannern”) is a small town in Moravia where a meteorite fell on 1808 May 22. |
61404 | Očenášek | Czech handyman Ludvík Očenášek (1872-1949) constructed a radial engine for airplanes and his own mon |
63162 | Davidčapek | David Čapek (b. 1977) is an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of t |
63440 | Rożek | Agata Rożek (b. 1986) is a Research Associate at the University of Kent (UK) and performs optical an |
66667 | Kambič | Bojan Kambič (b. 1959) is the founder and editor of the first Slovenian astronomical magazine Spi |
72447 | Polińska | Magdalena Polińska (b. 1981) is an assistant professor researcher at the Adam Mickiewicz University |
74024 | Hrabě | Václav Hrabě (1940-1965), Czech poet and writer, was the most important member of the Beat Generatio |
74370 | Kolářjan | Jan Kolář (b. 1944) started his professional career in satellite remote sensing in 1975. Since the |
75570 | Jenőwigner | Jenő Wigner (1902-1995) was a Hungarian-American physicist, joint winner, with Jensen and Goeppert M |
82464 | Jaroslavboček | Jaroslav Boček (b. 1947) has worked on the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences f |
82559 | Emilbřezina | Emil Březina (1975-2012) was a Czech amateur astronomer and a longtime associate at the Vsetín Obser |
89818 | Jureskvarč | Jure Skvarč (b. 1964) created data-analysis software for the automatic search and astrometric measur |
90279 | Devětsil | Devětsil was the Czech avant-garde group of artists active from 1920 to 1930, led by V. Nezval, J. S |
90698 | Kościuszko | Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (1746-1817) was a Polish military engineer who assisted in th |
95072 | ČVUT | České vysoké učení technické (ČVUT, The Czech Technical University) in Prague is one of the biggest |
96765 | Poznańuni | Named for the Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) in Poznań, Poland, for the 100-year anniversary of fo |
100308 | ČAS | The Česká Astronomická Společnost (Czech Astronomical Society) was established in Prague in 1917. D |
100735 | Alpomořanská | Alžběta Pomořanská (or Elizabeth of Pomerania, c. 1347--1393) was the fourth and final wife o |
103016 | Davidčástek | David Částek (b. 1980) has been a collaborator of the Department of Interplanetary Matter of the Ond |
123852 | Jánboďa | Ján Boďa (b. 1956) is a Slovak geophysicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratis |
138979 | Černice | Černice is a small pleasant old South Bohemian village situated above the Vltava river. The village |
147595 | Gojkomitić | Serbian actor and stuntman Gojko Mitić (b. 1940) starred as a Native American in several German West |
157020 | Fertőszentmiklós | Fertőszentmiklós is a small city in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary, and the birthplace of the sec |
161230 | Martinbacháček | Martin Bacháček z Nauměřic (c. 1539–1612) was a Czech mathematician, astronomer and organizer |
175017 | Záboří | The village of Záboří, first mentioned in 1263, is known for its traditional South Bohemian Rustic B |
179221 | Hrvojebožić | Hrvoje Božić (b. 1954) is a leading astrophysicist at the Hvar Observatory and a major contributor t |
183560 | Křišťan | Medieval Czech astronomer Křišťan z Prachatic (or Cristannus de Prachaticz, before 1370-1439) was kn |
199687 | Erősszsolt | Zsolt Erőss (1968-2013) was the most successful Hungarian high-altitude mountaineer, climbing 10 out |
202930 | Ivezić | Željko Ivezić (b. 1965) is a Croatian-American astrophysicist, a Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope |
204370 | Ferdinandvaněk | Ferdinand Vaněk (1936-2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist and dissident, fictitious character in |
212977 | Birutė | Birutė (d. 1382) was the second wife of Kestutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas th |
212981 | Majalitović | Maja Litović Crnić (b. 1958) is a teacher of history and an amateur astronomer from Rijeka. Origina |
213775 | Zdeněkdostál | Zdeněk Dostál (b. 1946) is professor of applied mathematics at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. |
215841 | Čimelice | Čimelice is a south Bohemian village on the route from Písek to Prague, dated from 1445. Important |
229762 | Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà | Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl of Juǀʼhoan mythology who sometimes appears in stories |
239792 | Hankakováčová | Hanka Kováčová (b. 1986) is a director and dramaturgist. Since the first years of her studies she p |
288961 | Stasysgirėnas | Stasys Girėnas (1893-1933) was a Lithuanian American pilot. In 1933, he and Steponas Darius attempt |
348511 | Žemaitė | Žemaitė was the pen name of the Lithuanian writer Julija Beniuševičiūtė (1845–1921), who was one of |
350509 | Vepřoknedlozelo | Vepřoknedlozelo is a famous traditional Czech meal, consisting of roast pork, dumplings and Sauerkra |
363623 | Chelčický | Petr Chelčický (c. 1390-c. 1460) was a Czech religious thinker and writer from South Bohemia, known |
384815 | Żołnowski | Michał Żołnowski (b. 1975) is an accomplished Polish amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. He i |
392728 | Zdzisławłączny | Zdzisław Łączny (b. 1947) has demonstrated an extraordinary knowledge, help and kindness in the cons |
405571 | Erdőspál | Pál Erdős (1913–1996) was a Hungarian mathematician, much of whose work centered around discrete mat |
420779 | Świdwin | Świdwin is a town located in West Pomerania Province in Poland. It is situated on the Rega river an |
453256 | Gucevičius | Laurynas Gucevičius (1753–1798) was an architect from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Most of his des |
461650 | Paisdezső | Dezső Pais (1886–1973) was a prominent figure of Hungarian historical linguistics. His special field |
469705 | ǂKá̦gára | In the mythology of the ǀXam people of the Karoo region of southern Africa, ǂKá̦gára and ǃHãunu fou |
514107 | Ka`epaoka`āwela | In the Hawaiian language Ka`epaoka`āwela means the mischievous opposite-moving companion of Jupiter, |
541132 | Leleākūhonua | Leleākūhonua is a life form mentioned in the Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo. The name compar |
551231 | Żywiec | Żywiec is a town in southern Poland, located in the center of Żywiec Basin, on the Soła and Koszaraw |
594782 | Kacperwierzchoś | Kacper Wierzchoś (b. 1988) is a senior research specialist in the Catalina Sky Survey. He has disco |