(20164) Janzajíc = 1996 VJ2
Discovered 1996 Nov.9 by J. Tichá and M. Tichý at Kleť.
Jan Zajíc (1950-1969) was a Czech student who burned himself
to death on 1969 Feb. 25 in Wenceslas Square, Prague, as a protest
against the occupation of Czechoslovakia the previous August. His
hope for a democratic Czechoslovakia came true some 20 years after his death.
(MPC 43383 – 2001 September 2)
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