Tomáš Vorobjov

Numbered minor planet discoveries: 9 ^[1]

239792 Hankakováčová	9 March 2010	list
347028 Važec	13 March 2010	list
590739 Miloslavov	12 September 2012	list
400881 Vladimirdolinay	7 August 2010	list
(362559) 2010 VK41	13 October 2010	list ^[A]
(432457) 2010 CU127	13 February 2010	list
(432949) 2012 HH2	19 April 2012	list
(445309) 2010 EK42	12 March 2010	list
Co-discovery made with: ^A R. Holmes

Tomáš Vorobjov (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaːʂ ˈʋɔrɔbjɔw]; born 1984) is a Slovak amateur astronomer and an observer and discoverer of minor planets, in particular near-Earth objects.^[2]

He is the director of the IASC Data Reduction Team^[2] and is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 9 numbered minor planets.^[1]

In October 2012, Vorobjov discovered 276P/Vorobjov, a periodic comet and his first comet discovery.^[3] He also discovered the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (432949) 2012 HH2 in April 2012.^[4]

The Florian main-belt asteroid 4858 Vorobjov, discovered by American astronomer James Gibson at Palomar in 1985, was named after him.^[2]

Discoveries

Near-Earth objects

• 2011 EB7 (Mar 1, 2011) ^[5]
• 2011 HD63 (May 1, 2011) ^[6]
• 2011 PW6 (Aug 8, 2011) ^[7]
• 2013 EP41 (Mar 9, 2013) ^[8]
• 2013 FC11 (Mar 21, 2013) ^[9]
• 2014 FG33 (Mar 26, 2014) ^[10]
• 2014 GF45 (Apr 6, 2014) ^[11]
• 2014 QP362 (Aug 26, 2014) ^[12]
• 2014 WG70 (Nov 17, 2014) ^[13]

Centaurs

• 2013 GY54 (Mar 8, 2013) ^[14]
• 2015 FK37 (Mar 20, 2015) ^[15]

TNOs

• (432949) 2012 HH₂ (Apr 19, 2012)
• 2014 FP43 (Mar 28, 2014)
• 2014 GE45 (Apr 6, 2014)
• 2014 QF433 (Aug 26, 2014)
• 2014 UH192 (Oct 28, 2014)
• 2014 WT69 (Nov 17, 2014)
• TVPS8GA (Nov 20, 2014) - lost
• 2015 FP36 (Mar 19, 2015)

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
2. "4858 Vorobjov (1985 UA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
3. "MPEC 2012-U40 : COMET P/2012 T7 (VOROBJOV)". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
4. "432949 (2012 HH2)". NASA JPL. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
5. "MPEC 2011-E22 : 2011 EB7". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
6. "MPEC 2011-J17 : 2011 HD63". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
7. "MPEC 2011-Q16 : 2011 PW6". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
8. "MPEC 2013-E55 : 2013 EP41". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
9. "MPEC 2013-F43 : 2013 FC11". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
10. "MPEC 2014-F51 : 2014 FG33". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
11. "MPEC 2014-G58 : 2014 GF45". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
12. "MPEC 2014-Q98 : 2014 QP362". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
13. "MPEC 2014-W62: 2014 WG70". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
14. "MPEC 2013-G47 : 2013 GY54". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
15. "MPEC 2015-F106: 2015 FK37". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-25.