21682 Peštafrantišek | Discovered 1999 Sept. 9 by P. Pravec and P. Kušnirák at Ondřejov. |
František Pešta (1905-1982), founder of the public observatory in the town of Sezimovo Ústí that now bears his name, was a keen popularizer of astronomy. He studied archival records of the Strkov (near Tábor, Bohemia) meteorite shower in 1753. |
NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
Reference: 20010509/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-05-11 |
|