What is Luboš Kohoutek?
[[File:Lubos Kohoutek 1974.jpg|right|200px]] '''Luboš Kohoutek''' ({{IPA-cs|ˈkoɦou̯tɛk}}, born 29 January 1935) is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[astronomer]]. He was known as a discoverer of [[minor planets]] and [[comet]]s, including [[Comet Kohoutek]] which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered comets [[75D/Kohoutek]] and [[76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Prospects for Comet Kohoutek |first=Simon |last=Mitton |work=[[New Scientist]] |date=Nov 15, 1973 |page=464 }}</ref> The [[main-belt]] asteroid [[1850 Kohoutek]] was named after him. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohoutek, Lubos}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Czech astronomers]] {{bio-stub}}