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Name
  
Tomas Vorobjov

Role
  
Astronomer

Discovered
  
276P/Vorobjov


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Tomáš Vorobjov ( [ˈtomaːʃ ˈvorobjou]; born 1984) is a Slovak astronomer and an observer and discoverer of minor planets, in particular near-Earth objects.

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He is the director of the IASC Data Reduction Team and is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 7 numbered minor planets.

In October 2012, Vorobjov discovered 276P/Vorobjov, a periodic comet and his first comet discovery. He also discovered the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (432949) 2012 HH2 in April 2012.

The Florian main-belt asteroid 4858 Vorobjov, discovered by American astronomer James Gibson at Palomar in 1985, was named after him.

Near-Earth objects

  • 2011 EB7 (Mar 1, 2011)
  • 2011 HD63 (May 1, 2011)
  • 2011 PW6 (Aug 8, 2011)
  • 2013 EP41 (March 9, 2013)
  • 2013 FC11 (March 21, 2013)
  • 2014 FG33 (March 26, 2014)
  • 2014 GF45 (April 6, 2014)
  • 2014 QP362 (August 26, 2014)
  • 2014 WG70 (November 17, 2014)

    • Centaurs

  • 2015 FK37 (March 20, 2015)

    • TNOs

  • (432949) 2012 HH2 (April 19, 2012)
  • 2014 FP43 (March 28, 2014)
  • 2014 GE45 (April 6, 2014)
  • 2014 QF433 (August 26, 2014)
  • 2014 UH192 (October 28, 2014)
  • 2014 WT69 (November 17, 2014)
  • TVPS8GA (November 20, 2014) - lost
  • 2015 FP36 (March 19, 2015)

    • References

    Tomáš Vorobjov Wikipedia
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