Lenka Kotková
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Lenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
She works at Observatoř Ondřejov, located near Prague. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann.
Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stellar department as an observant with a two-metre Ondřejov telescope.
In the year 2000 she received the Zdeněk Kvíz Award of the Czech Astronomical Society for significant work in the research of variable stars.
The asteroid 10390 Lenka, discovered by her colleagues Petr Pravec and Marek Wolf in 1997, is named after her. The asteroid 60001 Adélka, discovered by her in 1999, is named after her daughter, while 7897 Bohuška, discovered by her in 1995, is named after her mother.
List of discovered minor planets
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| 7670 Kabeláč | 20 August 1995 | |
| 7849 Janjosefrič | 18 April 1996 | |
| 7897 Bohuška | 12 March 1995 | |
| 8217 Dominikhašek | 21 April 1995 | |
| 8229 Kozelský | 28 December 1996 | |
| 8557 Šaroun | 23 July 1995 | |
| 9449 Petrbondy | 4 November 1997 | |
| 9671 Hemera | 5 October 1997 | |
| 10173 Hanzelkazikmund | 21 April 1995 | |
| 10215 Lavilledemirmont | 20 September 1997 | |
| 10626 Zajíc | 10 January 1998 | |
| 10634 Pepibican | 8 April 1998 |
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| 12051 Pícha | 2 May 1997 | |
| 5 October 1997 | ||
| 12468 Zachotín | 14 January 1997 | |
| 12 March 1995 | ||
| 13226 Soulié | 20 September 1997 | |
| 13406 Sekora | 2 October 1999 | |
| 14124 Kamil | 28 August 1998 | |
| 14550 Lehký | 27 October 1997 | |
| 14980 Gustavbrom | 5 October 1997 | |
| 15382 Vian | 20 September 1997 | |
| 15392 Budějický | 11 October 1997 | |
| 15403 Merignac | 9 November 1997 |
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| 21229 Sušil | 22 September 1995 | |
| 21655 Niklauswirth | 8 August 1999 | |
| 21664 Konradzuse | 4 September 1999 | |
| 21801 Ančerl | 2 October 1999 | |
| 21804 Václavneumann | 4 October 1999 | |
| 21985 Šejna | 2 December 1999 | |
| 22505 Lewit | 19 October 1997 | |
| 22697 Mánek | 7 September 1998 | |
| 23583 Křivský | 22 September 1995 | |
| 23648 Kolář | 1 February 1997 | |
| 20 October 1997 | ||
| 24046 Malovany | 2 October 1999 |
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| 28107 Sapar | 22 September 1998 | |
| 29419 Mládková | 13 January 1997 | |
| 29456 Evakrchová | 24 September 1997 | |
| 29471 Spejbl | 27 October 1997 | |
| 29472 Hurvínek | 27 October 1997 | |
| 29473 Krejčí | 21 October 1997 | |
| 29484 Honzaveselý | 9 November 1997 | |
| 29528 Kaplinski | 10 January 1998 | |
| 18 April 1996 | ||
| 31324 Jiřímrázek | 27 April 1998 | |
| 33058 Kovařík | 22 October 1997 | |
| 35237 Matzner | 23 August 1995 |
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| 28 August 1998 | ||
| 40410 Příhoda | 4 September 1999 | |
| 21 September 1999 | ||
| 2 December 1999 | ||
| 9 August 2000 | ||
| 26 August 1998 | ||
| 4 October 1999 | ||
| 31 October 1999 | ||
| 46722 Ireneadler | 2 September 1997 | |
| 27 August 1998 | ||
| 18 September 1995 | ||
| 18 April 1996 |
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| 18 September 1995 | ||
| 58440 Zdeněkstuchlík | 21 April 1996 | |
| 19 October 1996 | ||
| 58578 Žídek | 24 September 1997 | |
| 58579 Ehrenberg | 24 September 1997 | |
| 11 October 1997 | ||
| 20 April 1998 | ||
| 8 February 1999 | ||
| 60000 Miminko | 2 October 1999 | |
| 60001 Adélka | 4 October 1999 | |
| 60008 Jarda | 14 October 1999 | |
| 15 July 2001 |
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| 13 October 1998 | ||
| 80179 Václavknoll | 1 November 1999 | |
| 81971 Turonclavere | 22 August 2000 | |
| 82464 Jaroslavboček | 21 July 2001 | |
| 23 August 1995 | ||
| 9 July 1997 | ||
| 10 October 1997 | ||
| 28 October 1997 | ||
| 20 December 1998 | ||
| 18 September 1995 | ||
| 90936 Neronet | 11 October 1997 | |
| 90937 Josefdufek | 11 October 1997 |
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| 20 December 1998 | ||
| 8 September 2000 | ||
| 8 September 2000 | ||
| 98127 Vilgusová | 24 September 2000 | |
| 8 September 1999 | ||
| 100308 ČAS | 21 April 1995 | |
| 1 February 1997 | ||
| 10 December 1998 | ||
| 3 September 1999 | ||
| 2 October 1999 | ||
| 31 October 1999 | ||
| 19 October 2000 |
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| 3 September 1999 | ||
| 2 October 1999 | ||
| 131181 Žebrák | 15 February 2001 | |
| 11 May 2001 | ||
| 27 September 1998 | ||
| 26 August 1997 | ||
| 10 December 1998 | ||
| 1 November 1999 | ||
| 8 September 2000 | ||
| 14 February 2001 | ||
| 20 September 1997 | ||
| 14 October 1999 |
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| 14 October 1999 | ||
| 10 May 2001 | ||
| 8 September 1999 | ||
| 20 September 1999 | ||
| 14 October 1999 | ||
| 4 September 1999 | ||
| 1 November 1997 | ||
| 27 August 1998 | ||
| 31 August 1999 | ||
| 14 February 2001 | ||
| 29 August 2001 | ||
| 3 September 1999 |
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| 23 October 1997 | ||
| 10 May 2001 | ||
| 27 September 1999 | ||
| 22 July 2001 | ||
| 22 March 2003 | ||
| 15 February 2001 | ||
| 22 October 2000 | ||
| 21 July 2001 | ||
| 25 August 1998 | ||
| 2 October 1999 | ||
| 5 September 1999 | ||
| 28 August 2001 |