Jana Tichá

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Asteroids discovered: 54
7441 Láska July 30, 1995 with M. Tichý
7493 Hirzo October 24, 1995
7608 Telegramia October 22, 1995
8307 Peltan March 5, 1995
8572 Nijo October 19, 1996 with M. Tichý
10234 Sixtygarden December 27, 1997 with M. Tichý
10403 Marcelgrün November 22, 1997 with M. Tichý
10872 Vaculík October 12, 1996 with M. Tichý
11105 Puchnarová October 24, 1995
11128 Ostravia November 3, 1996 with M. Tichý
11141 Jindrawalter January 12, 1997 with M. Tichý
11144 Radiocommunicata February 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
11338 Schiele October 13, 1996 with M. Tichý
12833 Kamenný Újezd February 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
13229 Echion November 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
13792 Kuščynskyj November 7, 1998 with M. Tichý
14068 Hauserová April 21, 1996 with M. Tichý
15399 Hudec November 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
16083 Jorvik October 12, 1999 with M. Tichý
(16709) 1995 SH5 September 29, 1995
16794 Cucullia February 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
18841 Hruška September 6, 1999 with M. Tichý
19384 Winton February 6, 1998 with M. Tichý
20164 Janzajíc November 9, 1996 with M. Tichý
21270 Otokar July 19, 1996 with M. Tichý
21873 Jindřichůvhradec October 29, 1999 with M. Tichý
22442 Blaha October 14, 1996 with M. Tichý
25258 Nathaniel November 7, 1998 with M. Tichý
26314 Škvorecký October 16, 1998 with M. Tichý
26340 Evamarková December 13, 1998 with M. Tichý
26969 Biver September 20, 1997 with M. Tichý
27087 Tillmannmohr October 24, 1998 with M. Tichý
28220 York December 28, 1998 with M. Tichý
29477 Zdíkšíma October 31, 1997 with M. Tichý
29738 Ivobudil January 23, 1999 with M. Tichý
(31232) 1998 CF February 1, 1998 with M. Tichý
35446 Stáňa February 6, 1998 with M. Tichý
35977 Lexington July 3, 1999 with M. Tichý
35978 Arlington July 5, 1999 with M. Tichý
(38246) 1999 PL4 August 14, 1999 with M. Tichý
40206 Lhenice September 26, 1998 with M. Tichý
44597 Thoreau August 6, 1999 with M. Tichý
46692 Taormina February 2, 1997 with M. Tichý
47144 Faulkes August 7, 1999 with M. Tichý
47294 Blanský les November 28, 1999 with M. Tichý
48794 Stolzová October 5, 1997 with M. Tichý
50413 Petrginz February 27, 2000 with M. Tichý
(52665) 1998 BM30 January 30, 1998 with M. Tichý
53093 La Orotava December 28, 1998 with M. Tichý
55082 Xlendi August 25, 2001 with M. Tichý
56329 Tarxien November 28, 1999 with M. Tichý
(85573) 1998 CE February 1, 1998 with M. Tichý
(85574) 1998 CG February 1, 1998 with M. Tichý
(91007) 1998 BL30 January 30, 1998 with M. Tichý

Jana Tichá (born 1965) is a Czech astronomer. She studied on University of Economics in Prague and graduated in 1987. In 1992 she was selected for the position of a director of the Kleť Observatory. She specializes in discoveries of asteroids and comets especially Near-Earth objects (NEOs). She is the chair of the IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN), which is responsible for approving names of asteroids. She works together with her husband Miloš Tichý at Kleť.

In her country she is also well known for her popularization activities. She is major contributor to the Czech web servers about asteroids and comets.

The asteroid 5757 Tichá is named in her honour and 8307 Peltan is named after her family.

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