Tomáš Vorobjov

Tomáš Vorobjov (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaːʃ ˈvɔrɔbjɔʊ̯]; born 1984) is a Slovak amateur astronomer and an observer and discoverer of minor planets, in particular near-Earth objects.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 7 [1]
239792 Hankakováčová9 March 2010list
347028 Važec13 March 2010list
(362559) 2010 VK4113 October 2010list [A]
(400881) 2010 PY567 August 2010list
(432457) 2010 CU12713 February 2010list
(432949) 2012 HH219 April 2012list
(445309) 2010 EK4212 March 2010list
Co-discovery made with:
A R. Holmes

He is the director of the IASC Data Reduction Team[2] and is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 7 numbered minor planets.[1]

In October 2012, Vorobjov discovered 276P/Vorobjov, a periodic comet and his first comet discovery.[3] He also discovered the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (432949) 2012 HH2 in April 2012.[4]

The Florian main-belt asteroid 4858 Vorobjov, discovered by American astronomer James Gibson at Palomar in 1985, was named after him.[2]

Discoveries

Near-Earth objects
  • 2011 EB7 (Mar 1, 2011) [5]
  • 2011 HD63 (May 1, 2011) [6]
  • 2011 PW6 (Aug 8, 2011) [7]
  • 2013 EP41 (Mar 9, 2013) [8]
  • 2013 FC11 (Mar 21, 2013) [9]
  • 2014 FG33 (Mar 26, 2014) [10]
  • 2014 GF45 (Apr 6, 2014) [11]
  • 2014 QP362 (Aug 26, 2014) [12]
  • 2014 WG70 (Nov 17, 2014) [13]

Centaurs

TNOs
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gollark: Please stop assuming motives.
gollark: Attempting to "normalize" things by cargo-culting whatever other big servers do is not actually good.
gollark: It is entirely possible to do that without, well, doing the vaguely horrible things which are happening here now. ubq seems to be fine on the [BEES EXPUNGED, THEN EXPUNGED BACKWARD].

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "4858 Vorobjov (1985 UA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. "MPEC 2012-U40 : COMET P/2012 T7 (VOROBJOV)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. "432949 (2012 HH2)". NASA JPL. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  5. "MPEC 2011-E22 : 2011 EB7". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  6. "MPEC 2011-J17 : 2011 HD63". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  7. "MPEC 2011-Q16 : 2011 PW6". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  8. "MPEC 2013-E55 : 2013 EP41". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  9. "MPEC 2013-F43 : 2013 FC11". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  10. "MPEC 2014-F51 : 2014 FG33". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  11. "MPEC 2014-G58 : 2014 GF45". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  12. "MPEC 2014-Q98 : 2014 QP362". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  13. "MPEC 2014-W62: 2014 WG70". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  14. "MPEC 2013-G47 : 2013 GY54". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  15. "MPEC 2015-F106: 2015 FK37". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
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