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{{Short description|Slovak astronomer}}
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|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 23<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
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| ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}''
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'''Ladislav Brožek''' (born 1952) is a Slovak [[astronomer]].<ref name="budejovice" /> At the Bohemian [[Kleť Observatory]], he discovered a total of 23 [[minor planet]]s between 1979 and 1982, as credited by the [[Minor Planet Center]].<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />

One of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroid [[2613&nbsp;Plzeň]], he named after his birthplace [[Plzeň]].<ref name="springer-Plzen" /> In 1981, he discovered [[3102&nbsp;Krok]], a [[near-Earth object]] of the [[Apollo asteroid|Apollo group]].<ref name="MPC-Krok" /> He also named another of his discoveries, [[3834&nbsp;Zappafrank]], in memory of rock musician and composer [[Frank Zappa]] (1940–1993).<ref name="springer-Zappafrank" />

== List of discovered minor planets ==
{{See also|Category:Discoveries by Ladislav Brožek}}

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| 2288 Karolinum || 19 October 1979 || {{LoMP|2288|list}}
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| '''[[2613 Plzeň]]''' || 30 August 1979 || {{LoMP|2613|list}}
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| 2622 Bolzano || 9 February 1981 || {{LoMP|2622|list}}
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| '''[[2696 Magion]]''' || 16 April 1980 || {{LoMP|2696|list}}
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| '''[[3102 Krok]]''' || 21 August 1981 || {{LoMP|3102|list}}
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| 3386 Klementinum || 16 March 1980 || {{LoMP|3386|list}}
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| 3419 Guth || 8 May 1981 || {{LoMP|3419|list}}
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| 3423 Slouka || 9 February 1981 || {{LoMP|3423|list}}
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| 3424 Nušl || 14 February 1982 || {{LoMP|3424|list}}
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| 3603 Gajdušek || 5 September 1981 || {{LoMP|3603|list}}
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| 3834 Zappafrank || 11 May 1980 || {{LoMP|3834|list}}
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| 4023 Jarník || 25 October 1981 || {{LoMP|4023|list}}
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| 4146 Rudolfinum || 16 February 1982 || {{LoMP|4146|list}}
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| 4190 Kvasnica || 11 May 1980 || {{LoMP|4190|list}}
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| 4369 Seifert || 30 July 1982 || {{LoMP|4369|list}}
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| 5221 Fabribudweis || 16 March 1980 || {{LoMP|5221|list}}
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| 5417 Solovaya || 24 August 1981 || {{LoMP|5417|list}}
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| 6076 Plavec || 14 February 1980 || {{LoMP|6076|list}}
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| 6765 Fibonacci || 20 January 1982 || {{LoMP|6765|list}}
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| 7739 Čech || 14 February 1982 || {{LoMP|7739|list}}
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| {{mp|(10035) 1982 DC|2}} || 16 February 1982 || {{LoMP|10035|list}}
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| {{mp|(16393) 1981 QS}} || 24 August 1981 || {{LoMP|16393|list}}
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| 27675 Paulmaley || 2 February 1981 || {{LoMP|27675|list}}
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! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | Note: Ladislav Brožek made '''no  co-discoveries'''
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== See also ==
* {{section link|List of minor planet discoverers|L. Brozek}}

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="budejovice">{{cite web
  |title      = Encyklopedie Českých Budějovic
  |work       = encyklopedie.c-budejovice.cz
  |language   = Czech
  |url        = https://encyklopedie.c-budejovice.cz/clanek/astronomicke-objevy
  |date       = 23 May 2016
  |accessdate = 14 June 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
  |title      = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |date       = 2 April 2018
  |accessdate = 13 April 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="springer-Plzen">{{cite book
  |title      = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2613) Plzeň
  |last       = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
  |publisher  = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  |page       = 213
  |date       = 2007
  |isbn       = 978-3-540-00238-3
  |doi       = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2614 |chapter       = (2613) Plzeň }}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Krok">{{cite web
  |title      = 3102 Krok (1981 QA)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3102
  |accessdate = 14 June 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="springer-Zappafrank">{{cite book
  |title      = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3834) Zappafrank
  |last       = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
  |publisher  = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  |page       = 325
  |date       = 2007
  |isbn       = 978-3-540-00238-3
  |doi       = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3826 |chapter       = (3834) Zappafrank }}</ref>

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[[Category:1952 births]]
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[[Category:Scientists from Plzeň]]
[[Category:20th-century astronomers]]
[[Category:Discoverers of asteroids]]
[[Category:Discoveries by Ladislav Brožek|*]]
[[Category:Slovak astronomers]]


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