Marek Wolf
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Asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s discovered: 14
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| 10390 Lenka
10390 Lenka
10390 Lenka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 1997 by P. Pravec and M. Wolf at the Ondřejov Observatory.- External links :*...

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| 10395 Jirkahorn
10395 Jirkahorn
10395 Jirkahorn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 23, 1997 by M. Wolf and P. Pravec at the Ondřejov Observatory.- External links :*...

  || September 23, 1997
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| 13390 Bouška
13390 Bouška
13390 Bouška is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1514.2775552 days .The asteroid was discovered on March 18, 1999.-References:...

  || March 18, 1999
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| 24858 Diethelm
24858 Diethelm
24858 Diethelm is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 21, 1996 by M. Wolf and P. Pravec at Ondrejov.- External links :*...

  || January 21, 1996
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| 26973 Lála
26973 Lála
26973 Lála is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1617.6110392 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 29, 1997.-References:...

  || September 29, 1997
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| || September 23, 1997
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| || September 25, 1997
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| || September 28, 1997
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| || September 12, 1999
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| 40444 Palacký
40444 Palacký
40444 Palacký is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1857.2740603 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 12, 1999.-References:...

  || September 12, 1999
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  1. with Lenka Šarounová
    Lenka Šarounová
    Lenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer.She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov , located near Prague...

  2. with Petr Pravec
    Petr Pravec
    Petr Pravec is a Czech astronomer, born in Třinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies. He is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called BinAst to look for multiplicity in the NEA and inner main-belt populations...


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Marek Wolf is a Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

, currently (as of March, 2010) the head the Astronomický ústav, Univerzita Karlova v Praze (Astronomical Institute, Charles University of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

).

He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s. The Minor Planet Center
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....

 credits his discoveries under M. Wolf: he is sometimes confused with Max Wolf (1863–1932), a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

astronomer and a very famous asteroid hunter who is credited as M. F. Wolf.

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