Asteroids named after people called Jana

(20187) Janapittichova

Slovak-born Jana Pittichov谩 (b. 1972) is an astronomer at the University of Hawaii. She has studied cometary activity and contributed to the Deep Impact mission with CCD photometric imaging of comet 9P/Tempel. Also a keen sportswoman, she qualified for the Ironman World Championship at Kona in Oct. 2005.Discovered 14 January 1997 by M. Tichy, Klet