Luboš Kohoutek (January 29, 1935, Zábřeh in Moravia, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech astronomer.[1]
Kohoutek has been interested with astronomy since high school. He studied physics and astronomy at universities in Brno and Prague (finished 1958). Then he started to work in Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, where he published a well cited catalog (Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae, 1967). Kohoutek obtained long term position in observatory in Hamburg-Bergedorf. After Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (1968) he decided to stay in Germany (1970). His discoveries in the '70s made him well known in media. In later years Kohoutek worked in observatories in Spain and Chile, working with planetary nebulae. He officially retired in 2001, yet he is still researching at the Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory. Kohoutek published 162 scientific works.
| Asteroids discovered: 75 | |
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| 1834 Palach | August 22, 1969 |
| 1840 Hus | October 26, 1971 |
| 1841 Masaryk | October 26, 1971 |
| 1842 Hynek | January 14, 1972 |
| 1843 Jarmila | January 14, 1972 |
| 1861 Komenský | November 24, 1970 |
| 1865 Cerberus | October 26, 1971 |
| 1875 Neruda | August 22, 1969 |
| 1894 Haffner | October 26, 1971 |
| 1895 Larink | October 26, 1971 |
| 1896 Beer | October 26, 1971 |
| 1897 Hind | October 26, 1971 |
| 1898 Cowell | October 26, 1971 |
| 1899 Crommelin | October 26, 1971 |
| 1901 Moravia | January 14, 1972 |
| 1931 Čapek | August 22, 1969 |
| 1932 Jansky | October 26, 1971 |
| 1933 Tinchen | January 14, 1972 |
| 1942 Jablunka | September 30, 1972 |
| 1963 Bezovec | February 9, 1975 |
| 1995 Hajek | October 26, 1971 |
| 1999 Hirayama | February 27, 1973 |
| 2047 Smetana | October 26, 1971 |
| 2055 Dvořák | February 19, 1974 |
| 2073 Janáček | February 19, 1974 |
| 2281 Biela | October 26, 1971 |
| 2375 Radek | January 8, 1975 |
| 2407 Haug | February 27, 1973 |
| 2418 Voskovec-Werich | October 26, 1971 |
| 2472 Bradman | February 27, 1973 |
| 2541 Edebono | February 27, 1973 |
| 2667 Oikawa | October 30, 1967 |
| 2767 Takenouchi | October 30, 1967 |
| 2838 Takase | October 26, 1971 |
| 2900 Luboš Perek | January 14, 1972 |
| 2901 Bagehot | February 27, 1973 |
| 3081 Martinůboh | October 26, 1971 |
| 3109 Machin | February 19, 1974 |
| 3303 Merta | October 30, 1967 |
| 3336 Grygar | October 26, 1971 |
| 3337 Miloš | October 26, 1971 |
| 3407 Jimmysimms | February 28, 1973 |
| 3475 Fichte | October 4, 1972 |
| 3514 Hooke | October 26, 1971 |
| 3627 Sayers | February 28, 1973 |
| 3635 Kreutz | November 21, 1981 |
| 3769 Arthurmiller [1] | October 30, 1967 |
| 3825 Nürnberg | October 30, 1967 |
| 4137 Crabtree | November 24, 1970 |
| 4425 Bilk | October 30, 1967 |
| (5268) 1971 US1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (6215) 1973 EK | March 7, 1973 |
| (6431) 1967 UT | October 30, 1967 |
| (6680) 1970 WD | November 24, 1970 |
| (7044) 1971 UK | October 26, 1971 |
| (7806) 1971 UM | October 26, 1971 |
| (8606) 1971 UG | October 26, 1971 |
| (8607) 1971 UT | October 26, 1971 |
| (8779) 1971 UH1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (9513) 1971 UN | October 26, 1971 |
| (10003) 1971 UD1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (10260) 1972 TC | October 4, 1972 |
| (10987) 1967 US | October 30, 1967 |
| (11250) 1972 AU | January 14, 1972 |
| (11436) 1969 QR | August 22, 1969 |
| (11783) 1971 UN1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (11784) 1971 UT1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (14311) 1971 UK1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (16351) 1971 US | October 26, 1971 |
| (20960) 1971 UR | October 26, 1971 |
| (24600) 1971 UQ | October 26, 1971 |
| (24601) 1971 UW | October 26, 1971 |
| (29076) 1972 TR8 | October 4, 1972 |
| (37527) 1971 UJ1 | October 26, 1971 |
| (58094) 1972 AP | January 14, 1972 |
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Kohoutek is most famous for discoveries of numerous comets, including periodic comets 75D/Kohoutek and 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura, as well as the famously disappointing "Comet Kohoutek" (C/1973 E1).[2]
He also discovered numerous asteroids, including the Apollo asteroid 1865 Cerberus.
The asteroid 1850 Kohoutek was named after him.