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Lenka Kotková (née Šarounová; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.

She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), 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

important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 10919 Pepíkzicha 10 January 1998 11101 Českáfilharmonie 17 September 1995 11201 Talich 13 March 1999 11325 Slavický 17 September 1995 11326 Ladislavschmied 17 September 1995 11333 Forman 20 April 1996 11 November 1998 11408 Zahradník 13 March 1999 11598 Kubík 22 July 1995 11736 Viktorfischl 19 August 1998 12002 Suess 19 March 1996 12006 Hruschka 20 July 1996

important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 15898 Kharasterteam 26 August 1997 15902 Dostál 13 September 1997 15917 Rosahavel 28 October 1997 15925 Rokycany 10 November 1997 17600 Dobřichovice 18 September 1995 17625 Joseflada 14 January 1996 18460 Pecková 5 August 1995 18838 Shannon 18 July 1999 19291 Karelzeman 6 June 1996 19364 Semafor 21 September 1997 20496 Jeník 22 August 1999 20497 Mařenka 4 September 1999 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 24829 Berounurbi 22 September 1995 24967 Frištenský 14 January 1998 25358 Boskovice 2 October 1999 26897 Červená 5 August 1995 26986 Čáslavská 4 November 1997 27132 Ježek 11 December 1998 27344 Vesevlada 26 February 2000 27960 Dobiáš 21 September 1997 27974 Drejsl 19 October 1997 27978 Lubosluka 29 October 1997 27986 Hanuš 4 November 1997 28019 Warchal 14 January 1998 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 35356 Vondrák 25 September 1997 28 October 1997 27 February 1998 5 September 1999 23 September 1999 14 October 1999 36226 Mackerras 31 October 1999 36235 Sergebaudo 1 November 1999 37939 Hašler 16 April 1998 8 August 1999 38674 Těšínsko 9 August 2000 29 October 1997 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 20 September 1997 48782 Fierz 20 September 1997 49110 Květafialová 16 September 1998 13 October 1998 51261 Holuša 13 May 2000 4 June 2000 15 September 1997 5 October 1997 10 October 1997 10 December 1998 25 March 1999 31 January 1997 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 30 August 2001 22 October 2000 12 November 1998 31 August 1999 2 October 1999 7 October 1999 31 October 1999 1 November 1999 72447 Polińska 16 February 2001 24 September 1997 5 September 1999 22 October 1997 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 5 January 1999 3 September 1999 22 September 1999 2 October 1999 31 October 1999 26 November 1999 24 May 2000 14 February 2001 16 February 2001 2 April 1997 23 October 1997 10 November 1997 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 11 May 2001 11 May 2001 15 July 2001 19 September 1999 15 July 2001 9 October 1997 4 November 1997 29 December 1998 25 August 1999 19 September 1999 8 August 2000 14 February 2001 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 22 September 1995 26 February 1997 29 October 1999 25 September 1995 12 September 1997 14 April 1999 4 June 2000 25 August 1998 31 August 1999 31 July 2000 21 September 1997 14 September 1998 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 1 August 2000 3 September 1999 12 October 1998 15 February 2001 18 March 2002 17 September 1995 26 November 1999 13 May 2001 23 March 2003 18 September 2000 9 February 1999 2 October 1999 important; height: 324px; 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 important; height: 324px; 25 August 2001 22 July 2001 22 July 2001 30 August 2001 4 October 1999 28 August 2001 Co-discovery made with: P. Pravec M. Wolf P. Kušnirák J. Montanne A. Kolář L. Vašta

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