Tomáš Vorobjov

Numbered minor planet discoveries: 9 ^[1]
Co-discovery made with: ^A R. Holmes
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

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 edit

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]

(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)

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