Asteroids named after people called Josef
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Named in memory of the physicist František Josef Gerstner (1756-1832) and his son František Antonín Gerstner (1795-1840). F. J. Gerstner worked at the observatories in Vienna and Prague but then turned from astronomy to applied mathematics, physics, mechanics and metallurgy. He founded the Prague Polytechnic School, later Technical University, in 1806. He also designed the horse railroad from České Budějovice to Linz. F. A. Gerstner continued building this horse railroad, which was completed in 1832 and is considered the first railroad in continental Europe. Name suggested by J. Ticha and M. Šolc.Discovered 22 August 1985 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Named in memory of Josef Sudek (1896-1976), outstanding Czech photographer, well-known for his black-and-white series of still lifes and views of Prague. Name suggested by M. Tichy.Discovered 24 February 1987 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Josef Falta (1786-1847) was engineer and cartographer of the Schwarzenberg court in Český Krumlov. In 1831 he drew the first map of the panoramic views from the Kleť look-out tower opened in 1825. The name was suggested by J. Ticha.Discovered 27 September 1984 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Named in memory of František Josef Studnička (1836-1903), professor of mathematics at Charles University in Prague, also active in astronomy and meteorology. He was known as the author of several textbooks and popular articles. He started his work as a lecturer in České Budějovice (1862-1864). Name suggested by J. Ticha and M. Šolc.Discovered 16 September 1982 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Josef Božek (1782-1835) was a clockmaker at Prague Klementinum College and a creator of astronomical timekeepers. He also constructed the first steam engines in Bohemia. His son Romuald (1814-1898) reconstructed the Astronomical Clock of Prague Old Town.Discovered 2 February 1989 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Named in honor of Josef K. M. Solf (b. 1934), professor of astronomy at Heidelberg and Jena, and since 1994 director of the Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg. During 1969-1994 he served as staff member of the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie at Heidelberg and its Calar Alto Observatory. He is primarily interested in instrumentation for large optical telescopes. A pioneer in using high-resolution long-slit spectroscopic techniques, Solf made important contributions to the study of collimated mass outflows from both young and evolved stars, such as jets from pre-main sequence stars, Herbig-Haro objects, protoplanetary nebulae, nova shells and jets from symbiotic stars and central stars of planetary nebulae.Discovered 27 February 1992 by F. Borngen, Tautenburg
Josef Zicha (b. 1939) was the head engineer for the 2-m telescope at Ondřejov. He now teaches at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, CTU in Prague. He is an enthusiastic amateur musician and organizer of cultural life in and around Ondřejov.Discovered 10 January 1998 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
Czech physicist Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895) used the kinetic theory of gases to get the first reasonable estimate of molecular size. To distinguish it from Avogadro's number, the term Loschmidt's number has been reserved for the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of a gas under standard conditions.Discovered 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
Josef Kainar (1917–1971) was a Czech poet, dramatist, journalist and musician. His poetry collected in Poems and Blues creates a connection of words and music. It has been put to music by various musicians including jazz singers and rock groups, such as Eva Olmerová, Framus Five and ETC.Discovered 13 January 1996 by Klet, Klet
Josef Bartuška (1898-1963) was a Czech avant-garde poet, painter, graphic artist, photographer and teacher. He also experimented with photograms and collages. In the inter-war period he belonged to the most significant artists of the South Bohemian art group, Linie.Discovered 16 January 1996 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet
Josef Havel (1930-2008) was a significant personality in Czech rose breeding. A diligent and modest man, he detected and preserved several color mutations and obtained numerous awards in international rose contests, including the gold medal in Rome for Nette Ingeborg.Discovered 28 October 1997 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
Josef Lada (1887–1957) was a Czech painter and writer whose nostalgic pictures of life in a Czech village in the nineteenth century are loved by both children and adults. Lada illustrated many of his books, including Kocour Mikeš (Mikeš, the Tomcat) and Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Švejk.Discovered 14 January 1996 by Pravec, P., Sarounova, L., Ondrejov
Josef Morstadt (1797-1869) was a Czech astronomer, physicist and mathematician; he computed orbits of comets (notably of 3D/Biela) and was engaged in early meteor astronomy. His brother Vincenc (1802-1875) was a painter, known especially for his charming views, mainly of Prague.Discovered 21 October 1995 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Czech architect and philanthropist Josef Hlávka (1831-1908) established foundations to support students, scientists and artists. In 1891 he founded and led the Czech Academy of Science and Arts, which, until its forced abolition in 1952, brought together distinguished Czech scientists and artists.Discovered 20 August 1998 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Josef Hudec (1895-1972) was a Czech amateur astronomer. He made visual observations and drawings of the solar photosphere and was a keen popularizer of astronomy. He built a public observatory in the town of Kroměříž during the last three years of his life. The name was suggested by J. Koukal.Discovered 29 July 1995 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Czech sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922) was a representative of realism. His best work is the equestrian statue of St. Wenceslas (Václav), patron saint of the Czech nation, located at the top of Wenceslas Square in Prague.Discovered 19 November 1997 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Dobré dílo was the publishing house of Josef Florian in Stará Říše (Moravia). It published important works of Czech and world literature, and significantly contributed to the formation of the Czech cultural environment at the beginning of the 20th century.Discovered 28 October 1997 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
Josef Dobrovský (1753-1829) was probably the most important Czech linguist. He did research in the Czech and Slavic languages and Czech literature. He codified the rules of the written Czech language.Discovered 11 September 1999 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P., Ondrejov
Josef Jungmann (1773-1847) was a Czech poet, publicist and literary historian and author of the Czech-German Dictionary. He promoted the Czech language in official correspondence and in education. His activity was of fundamental importance for the Czech national consciousness.Discovered 11 September 1999 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P., Ondrejov
Josef W. Fried (b. 1948) is a German astronomer at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie who was heavily involved in several instrumentation projects for the Calar Alto telescopes. Fried studied high-redshift quasars and tidal streams in our galaxy. He is an enthusiastic motorcyclist.Discovered 12 September 1991 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F., Tautenburg
Josef Penninger (b. 1964), director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has been honored by various university chairs and numerous awards. He was chosen by the magazine Esquire as one of the ten most interesting people of the year 2000.Discovered 22 October 1997 by E. Meyer, Linz
Josef Váchal (1884-1969) was a Czech artist whose specific work combined graphic art, wood carving, handmade printing, poetry and writing on the borderline of symbolism, secession and expressionism. His masterpieces include The Bloody Romance and Šumava mountains dying and romantic.Discovered 1 November 1999 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet
Josef Thomayer (1853-1927), Czech professor of internal medicine at the Charles University of Prague, was the founder of Czech internal medicine. His fundamental monograph is Pathology and Therapy of Internal Diseases. He was a good writer and even tried a work of fiction.Discovered 5 October 1997 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) was a Czech composer from the period of early classicism. He worked in Italy (Il divino Boemo) beginning in 1763. He composed orchestral works, oratorios and operas.Discovered 10 February 1999 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Josef Hanuš (b. 1983) is a Czech planetary astronomer. He has worked on modeling rotation states and shapes of small Solar System bodies using the technique of rotation lightcurve inversion, and on their physical modeling using also infrared observations, stellar occultation data and adaptive optics observations.Discovered 16 October 1998 by P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Josef Rosenauer (1735-1804) was the designer and master-builder of the Schwarzenbergs' Canal for floating timber from the Šumava mountains to Vienna. Finished in 1793, this waterway connected the Vltava and the Danube, two rivers that flow into different seas.Discovered 22 August 1996 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Klet
Josef Dufek (b. 1950) is a Moravian winemaker.Discovered 11 October 1997 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
The work of Český Krumlov photographers Josef Seidel (1859–1935) and his son František (1908–1997) depicts both people and places of the southeast part of Sumava. The preserved archive of negatives opens a window into the first half of the 20th century, including Czech-German connections.Discovered 17 September 1995 by Tichy, M., Ticha, J., Klet
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