Marek Wolf
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| 10390 Lenka
10390 Lenka
10390 Lenka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1997 by P. Pravec and M. Wolf at the Ondřejov Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 10395 Jirkahorn
10395 Jirkahorn
10395 Jirkahorn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1997 by M. Wolf and P. Pravec at the Ondřejov Observatory.- External links :*...
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| 13390 Bouška
13390 Bouška
13390 Bouška is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1514.2775552 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 18, 1999.-References:...
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| 24858 Diethelm
24858 Diethelm
24858 Diethelm is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1996 by M. Wolf and P. Pravec at Ondrejov.- External links :*...
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| 26973 Lála
26973 Lála
26973 Lála is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1617.6110392 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 29, 1997.-References:...
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| 40444 Palacký
40444 Palacký
40444 Palacký is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1857.2740603 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 12, 1999.-References:...
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- with Lenka ŠarounováLenka ŠarounováLenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer.She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov , located near Prague...
- with Petr PravecPetr PravecPetr Pravec is a Czech astronomer, born in Třinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies. He is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called BinAst to look for multiplicity in the NEA and inner main-belt populations...
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Marek Wolf is a Czech
Czech Republic
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astronomer
Astronomer
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, currently (as of March, 2010) the head the Astronomický ústav, Univerzita Karlova v Praze (Astronomical Institute, Charles University of Prague
Prague
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).
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
Asteroid
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s. The Minor Planet Center
Minor Planet Center
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credits his discoveries under M. Wolf: he is sometimes confused with Max Wolf (1863–1932), a German
Germany
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astronomer and a very famous asteroid hunter who is credited as M. F. Wolf.