Staff members

Jana Tichá - Director of the Kleť Observatory

Principal investigator of the Klet' Observatory minor planets and comets programme including the KLENOT Project.
Observations and data processing

Activities:

• astrometry of minor planets and comets, especially NEOs
• coordination of observations
• confirmation of NEOs and comet discoveries
• recoveries of NEOs
• discovery and follow-up astrometry of minor planets
• astrometry of distant objects - Centaurs and TNOs
• history of astronomy in relationship to the minor planet names
• observations and data processing

Membership:

• member of Commisions 20 and 6 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (since 2000)
• consultant of Commisions 20 and 6 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (1997-2000)
• member of the Organizing Committee of Commision 6 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (since 2003)
• member of the Organizing Committee of Commision 20 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (since 2006)
• member of the Organizing committee of the Working Group for Near Earth Objects (OC WGNEO) of the IAU(2000-2006)
• chair of the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the IAU (since 2003)
• member of the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the IAU (since 2000)
• member of the Organizing Committee of a Working Group on the "Definition of a Planet" (2004-2006)
• member of the NEO Steering commitee GSF OECD (since 2002)
• member of The Spaceguard Foundation
• visiting member of The Spaceguard UK
• member of CZECH NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ASTRONOMY (2003-2010)
• SOC member of Asteroids, Comets, Meteors - ACM 2005 (Brasil, 2005)
• NOC member of XXVI. GA IAU (Prague, 2006)
• LOC member of XXVI. GA IAU (Prague, 2006)

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https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3761-3399

Miloš Tichý - Head of the Kleť Observatory, Principal Observer and Measurer

 

Principal Observer and Measurer
Hardware and technology specialist
KLENOT Project Manager
Observations and data processing

Activities:

• astrometry of minor planets and comets, especially NEOs
• confirmation of NEOs and comet discoveries
• recoveries of NEOs
• discovery and follow-up astrometry of minor planets
• astrometry of distant objects - Centaurs and TNOs
• identification of minor planets
• hardware and technology development
• observations and data processing
• discoverer of short-periodic comet 196P/Tichý = P/2000 U6 = P/2008 C2

Membership:

• consultant of Commision 20 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (since 1997)
• consultant of the Working Group of Near Earth Objects (WGNEO) (200-2006)
• consultant of Commision 6 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (since 2003)
• member of The Spaceguard Foundation
• visiting member of The Spaceguard UK
• SOC member of the Third International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy (Paris, 2004)

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-0359

http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HSF-3763-2023

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Michaela Honková - KLENOT Project Software Specialist, observations and data processing

Activities:

• astrometry of minor planets and comets, especially NEOs
• software development
• observations and data processing

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