1834 Palach
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1834 Palach is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1969 by Luboš Kohoutek
at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory
, West Germany
. It was named in memory of the Czech anti-Soviet protester Jan Palach
.
Luboš Kohoutek
Luboš Kohoutek is a Czech astronomer.Kohoutek has been interested with astronomy since high school. He studied physics and astronomy at universities in Brno and Prague...
at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory
Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory
Hamburger Sternwarte is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It is owned and operated by the University of Hamburg, Germany since 1968, although it was founded in 1825 by the City of Hamburg and moved to its present location in...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. It was named in memory of the Czech anti-Soviet protester Jan Palach
Jan Palach
Jan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.- Death :...
.