| (06377) Cagney = 1987 ML1
Discovered 1987 June 25 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Named in memory of the movie actor James Cagney (1899-1986).
Although he played tough-guy roles ... [more]
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| (07328) Casanova = 1984 SC1
Discovered 1984 September 20 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was a writer, spy and diplomat,
the ... [more]
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| (07739) Čech = 1982 CE
Discovered 1982 February 14 by L. Broek at Kle
Named in memory of Eduard Čech (1893-1960), Czech
mathematician, professor at Charles University in Prague and
Masaryk ... [more]
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| (06697) Celentano = 1987 HM1
Discovered 1987 April 27 by Z. Vávrová at Kle
Named in honor of Adriano Celentano (b.1938), Italian singer and film actor.
... [more]
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| (12790) Cernan = 1995 UT2
Discovered 1995 October 24 at Kle
Eugene Andrew Cernan (b. 1934), U.S. astronaut, was commander of the
Apollo 17 mission, which concluded ... [more]
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| (06802) Černovice = 1995 UQ2
Discovered 1995 October 24 by M. Tichý at Kle
Named for the small town where the discoverer lived in his youth.
Founded in the ... [more]
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| (11134) České Budějovice = 1996 XO2
Discovered 1996 December 4 by M. Tichý and Z. Moravec at Kle
České Budějovic is the historic, cultural, educational,
industrial and administrative center of south Bohemia. Originally ... [more]
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| (02747) Český Krumlov = 1980 DW
Discovered 1980 February 19 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Named for the historical town on the Vltava river.
Kle Observatory is situated 700 m ... [more]
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| (02325) Chernykh = 1979 SP
Discovered 1979 September 25 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Named in honor of Ludmila I. Chernykh (1935- ) and Nikolaj S. ... [more]
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| (07403) Choustník = 1988 AV1
Discovered 1988 January 14 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Choustník is a castle founded in the mid-thirteenth century.
Under the brothers Bene and Jan of ... [more]
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| (43954) Chýnov = 1997 CT5
Discovered 1997 February 7 by M. Tichý and Z. Moravec at Kle
Chýnov is a south Bohemian village first mentioned in the
Chronicle of Cosmas in 981. ... [more]
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| (06471) Collins = 1983 EB1
Discovered 1983 March 4 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Named in honor of Michael Collins (b. 1930), U.S. astronaut. In
1966 he served as pilot ... [more]
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| (05893) Coltrane = 1982 EF
Discovered 1982 March 15 by Vávrová at Kle
John Coltrane (1926-1967), originally an alto saxophonist but
better known later as a brilliant tenor saxophonist, ... [more]
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| (08990) Compassion = 1980 DN
Discovered 1980 February 19 at the Kle Observatory
Named by the Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature to honor the compassion of people around the ... [more]
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| (02442) Corbett = 1980 TO
Discovered 1980 October 3 by Z. Vávrová at Kle
Named for Jim Corbett, hunter, writer and a great friend of animals, born in Nainital, ... [more]
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| (06175) Cori = 1983 XW
Discovered 1983 December 4 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896-1984) and Gerty Theresa Cori (1896-1957)
were American biochemists born in Prague, ... [more]
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| (07644) Cslewis = 1988 VR5
Discovered 1988 November 4 by A. Mrkos at Kle
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British scholar and novelist,
author of the famous children's fantasy ... [more]
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| (16794) Cucullia = 1997 CQ1
Discovered 1997 February 2 by J. Tichá and M. Tichý at Kle
The caterpillar of the North American Asteroid Moth Cucullia asteroides
feeds on flowers of the ... [more]
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| (02315) Czechoslovakia = 1980 DZ
Discovered 1980 February 19 by Z. Vávrová at Kle
Named in honor of the discoverer's country, renowned for its research activity on minor planets, ... [more]
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