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Petr Pravec (born September 17, 1967) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, born in Třinec, Czech Republic.

Pravec is a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids, expert in photometric observations and rotational lightcurves at Ondřejov Observatory. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 350 numbered minor planets, and is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called "BinAst" to look for multiplicity in the near-Earth objects and inner main-belt populations.

He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

The main-belt asteroid 4790 Petrpravec, discovered by Eleanor Helin in 1988, is named after him. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 June 1997 ().

List of discovered minor planets

7204 Ondřejov April 3, 1995 7490 Babička July 31, 1995 7492 Kačenka October 21, 1995 7849 Janjosefrič April 18, 1996 8217 Dominikhašek April 21, 1995 9672 Rosenbergerezek October 5, 1997 10173 Hanzelkazikmund April 21, 1995 10221 Kubrick October 28, 1997 10390 Lenka August 27, 1997 10395 Jirkahorn September 23, 1997 10581 Jeníkhollan July 30, 1995 10633 Akimasa February 20, 1998 11126 Doleček October 15, 1996 11167 Kunžak March 23, 1998 11333 Forman April 20, 1996 11364 Karlštejn March 23, 1998 11668 Balios November 3, 1997 12002 Suess March 19, 1996 13390 Bouška March 18, 1999 14517 Monitoma June 13, 1996 November 29, 1997 14594 Jindrašilhán September 24, 1998 14976 Josefčapek September 27, 1997 15053 Bochníček December 17, 1998 15384 Samková September 26, 1997 15390 Znojil October 6, 1997 15395 Rükl October 21, 1997 15425 Welzl September 24, 1998 15870 Obůrka August 16, 1996 15897 Beňačková August 10, 1997 15898 Kharasterteam August 26, 1997 15907 Robot October 6, 1997 November 29, 1997 16706 Svojsík July 30, 1995 16801 Petřínpragensis September 23, 1997 16817 Onderlička October 30, 1997 16929 Hurník March 31, 1998 16951 Carolus Quartus May 19, 1998 17625 Joseflada January 14, 1996 17702 Kryštofharant May 1, 1997 17776 Troska March 22, 1998 17806 Adolfborn March 31, 1998 18182 Wiener August 27, 2000 18647 Václavhübner March 21, 1998 18676 Zdeňkaplavcová March 30, 1998 19268 Morstadt October 21, 1995 19291 Karelzeman October 21, 1995 20254 Úpice March 21, 1998 20256 Adolfneckař March 23, 1998 20495 Rimavská Sobota August 15, 1999 21346 Marieladislav March 9, 1997 21539 Josefhlávka August 20, 1998 21656 Knuth August 9, 1999 21660 Velenia August 20, 1999 21682 Peštafrantišek September 9, 1999 22644 Matejbel July 27, 1998 22824 von Neumann September 12, 1999 22901 Ivanbella October 12, 1999 January 5, 2000 24858 Diethelm January 21, 1996 24999 Hieronymus July 24, 1998 December 17, 1998 26195 Černohlávek March 1, 1997 26214 Kalinga October 30, 1997 August 19, 1998 26376 Roborosa March 11, 1999 26896 Josefhudec July 29, 1995 26963 Palorapavý August 13, 1997 26970 Eliáš September 23, 1997 26973 Lála September 29, 1997 27079 Vsetín October 15, 1998 27088 Valmez October 22, 1998 27132 Ježek December 11, 1998 27525 Vartovka April 29, 2000 September 23, 1997 September 25, 1997 October 17, 1998 September 23, 1997 29464 Leonmiš October 5, 1997 29473 Krejčí October 21, 1997 29476 Kvíčala October 31, 1997 29490 Myslbek November 19, 1997 29674 Raušal December 15, 1998 30253 Vítek April 30, 2000 30564 Olomouc July 28, 2001 31323 Lysá hora April 27, 1998 31650 Frýdek-Místek April 18, 1999 32294 Zajonc August 26, 2000 33058 Kovařík October 22, 1997 33157 Pertile February 24, 1998 33377 Večerníček February 12, 1999 33528 Jinzeman April 17, 1999 August 19, 1999 34753 Zdeněkmatyáš August 24, 2001 September 8, 1997 September 23, 1997 35356 Vondrák September 25, 1997 35364 Donaldpray October 21, 1997 35365 Cooney October 21, 1997 36060 Babuška September 14, 1999 August 27, 2000 36888 Škrabal September 29, 2000 37141 Povolný November 2, 2000 37279 Hukvaldy December 22, 2000 37859 Bobkoff March 23, 1998 September 12, 1999 38461 Jiřítrnka October 15, 1999 38684 Velehrad October 25, 2000 August 26, 2000 December 20, 2000 39890 Bobstephens March 23, 1998 40106 Erben August 20, 1998 40440 Dobrovský September 11, 1999 40441 Jungmann September 11, 1999 40444 Palacký September 12, 1999 40459 Rektorys September 14, 1999 August 13, 1999 42998 Malinafrank October 17, 1999 October 18, 1999 44613 Rudolf September 8, 1999 September 10, 1999 October 13, 1999 46280 Hollar May 21, 2001 46722 Ireneadler September 2, 1997 48171 Juza April 23, 2001 48785 Pitter September 23, 1997 October 6, 1997 49110 Květafialová September 16, 1998 December 17, 1998 49448 Macocha December 21, 1998 51895 Biblialexa August 19, 2001 52604 Thomayer October 5, 1997 53159 Mysliveček February 10, 1999 August 24, 2001 September 7, 2002 55874 Brlka October 28, 1997 March 30, 1998 58440 Zdeněkstuchlík April 21, 1996 58595 Joepollock October 5, 1997 October 6, 1997 October 6, 1997 59470 Paveltoufar April 17, 1999 59800 Astropis August 14, 1999 September 13, 1999 October 13, 1999 October 16, 1999 60150 Zacharias October 19, 1999 November 15, 1999 July 5, 2000 61404 Očenášek August 26, 2000 August 27, 2000 62794 Scheirich October 30, 2000 63162 Davidčapek December 22, 2000 August 19, 2001 August 26, 2001 66151 Josefhanuš August 26, 2001 September 14, 1999 August 26, 2000 October 31, 1997 September 24, 1998 September 14, 1999 November 15, 1999 September 30, 2000 72447 Polińska February 16, 2001 May 21, 2001 September 24, 1998 74764 Rudolfpešek September 15, 1999 75009 Petervereš October 16, 1999 May 22, 2001 77621 Koten May 25, 2001 78536 Shrbený September 7, 2002 September 7, 2002 September 9, 2002 September 22, 1998 February 9, 1999 82464 Jaroslavboček July 21, 2001 August 19, 2001 August 20, 2001 August 24, 2001 82937 Lesicki August 26, 2001 August 30, 1997 August 9, 1999 87088 Joannewheeler June 2, 2000 89282 Suzieimber November 10, 2001 November 11, 2001 October 6, 1997 August 14, 1999 September 14, 1999 October 13, 1999 October 19, 1999 92389 Gretskij May 3, 2000 September 29, 2000 September 29, 2000 February 16, 2001 94556 Janstarý November 11, 2001 November 14, 2001 August 8, 1997 96765 Poznańuni September 10, 1999 97786 Oauam July 5, 2000 98127 Vilgusová September 24, 2000 September 15, 1999 December 2, 1994 100308 ČAS April 21, 1995 September 25, 1997 September 26, 1997 October 22, 1997 September 23, 1998 September 25, 1998 October 16, 1998 November 12, 1998 October 12, 1998 October 15, 1998 December 8, 1999 February 19, 2001 May 22, 2001 August 26, 2001 September 7, 2002 September 29, 2000 September 30, 2000 December 22, 2000 December 7, 2002 April 8, 1997 October 13, 1999 August 25, 2000 August 27, 2000 December 22, 2000 April 23, 2001 November 14, 2001 October 21, 1995 April 17, 1999 September 13, 1999 October 15, 1999 August 26, 2000 November 1, 2000 131181 Žebrák February 15, 2000 May 19, 2001 November 11, 2001 March 8, 2002 September 29, 2002 September 12, 1999 December 8, 1999 October 13, 2001 September 2, 2002 October 21, 1997 September 21, 1998 April 25, 2001 April 24, 2001 May 20, 2001 August 24, 2001 August 25, 2001 November 11, 2001 September 2, 2002 September 5, 2002 October 1, 2002 December 7, 2002 October 16, 1999 November 15, 2001 November 20, 2001 April 11, 1997 October 19, 1999 January 27, 2001 August 20, 2001 August 26, 2001 July 30, 1995 February 9, 1999 January 5, 2000 October 14, 2001 February 16, 2002 September 25, 1997 June 3, 2000 November 5, 1997 August 26, 2000 October 29, 2000 May 19, 2001 September 2, 2002 October 12, 1999 August 24, 2001 January 27, 2001 November 10, 2001 174281 Lonský September 30, 2002 October 14, 2001 October 16, 1999 November 1, 2000 April 24, 2001 October 12, 1999 May 20, 2001 185757 Kareltrutnovský October 12, 1999 May 24, 2001 November 1, 1997 August 10, 1997 September 30, 2000 November 10, 2001 August 1, 2000 December 22, 2000 May 25, 2001 April 16, 2002 October 12, 1999 October 12, 1999 August 26, 2001 September 11, 1999 August 26, 2000 September 14, 1999 January 26, 2001 February 15, 2001 October 13, 1999 May 23, 2001 November 15, 1999 September 30, 2000 November 2, 2000 August 25, 2001 September 30, 2002 August 10, 1999 May 6, 2000 June 2, 2000 October 12, 2001 May 31, 2000 September 30, 2000 March 8, 2002 September 30, 2002 September 7, 2002 July 22, 2001 February 15, 2001 September 30, 2000 December 22, 2000 October 14, 2001 August 23, 2000 December 22, 2000 November 15, 2001 August 25, 2001 December 4, 1999 September 30, 2000 July 21, 2001 August 20, 2001 August 24, 2001 July 23, 1995 May 20, 2001 February 16, 2002 February 15, 2002 September 26, 1997 September 2, 2002 March 8, 2002 September 8, 2002 August 24, 2001 September 30, 2002 August 24, 2001 July 22, 2001 July 22, 2001 October 14, 2001 August 27, 2000 21 October 1995 2 September 2002 21 July 2001 7 September 2002 1 October 2002 20 August 2001 16 February 2002 24 August 2001 20 October 1998 11 November 2001 15 February 2002 6 September 2002 12 October 1999 21 July 2001 7 September 2002 8 September 2002 12 October 1999 13 September 1999 with L. Šarounová with M. Wolf with U. Babiaková with P. Kušnirák with T. Rezek with D. Tuma

References

External links Ondrejov Asteroid Photometry Project, Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L.