Asteroids named after people called Ivo

(5844) Chlupac

Ivo Chlupáč (1931–2002) was a Czech geologist, stratigrapher and paleontologist. He was responsible for demarcating the international stratotype of the Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Klonk nature monument near Suchomasty. An excellent teacher at Charles University in Prague, he influenced at least two generations of geologists.Discovered 28 October 1986 by Z. Vavrova, Klet

(29738) Ivobudil

Ivo Budil (b. 1933), Czech journalist and popularizer of science, including astronomy, is known as the efficient and eminent author of the journal Vesmír and the Czech Radio magazine Meteor.Discovered 23 January 1999 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet

(32294) Zajonc

Czech zoologist and amateur astronomer Ivo Zajonc (b. 1933) spent most of his professional life in Slovakia, where he served for 35 years as chair of the Nitra branch of the Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers. A member of the Jihlava Astronomical Society, he was also elected an honorary fellow of the Slovak Astronomical Society.Discovered 26 August 2000 by Kusnirak, P., Pravec, P., Ondrejov

(34003) Ivozell

Ivo Zell (b. 1998) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his engineering mechanics project. He also received the Gordon E. Moore Award. He attends the Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg, Geisenheim-Johannesberg, Germany.Discovered 29 July 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro

(36060) Babuska

Prague-born mathematician Ivo Babuška (b. 1926) is a professor at University of Texas. He achieved groundbreaking results in the numerical solution of differential equations, wrote more than ten monographs and founded the journal Applications of Mathematics. He is an honorary member of the Czech Learned Society.Discovered 14 September 1999 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P., Ondrejov

(126780) Ivovasiljev

Ivo Vasiljev (b. 1935) is a Czech linguist, translator, teacher and orientalist dealing with the Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese languages. He co-authored The Czech-Vietnamese Learner's Dictionary, and he participates in the work of the Linguistic Circle of Prague.Discovered 10 March 2002 by KLENOT, Klet