Tomáš Vorobjov (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaːʂ ˈʋɔrɔbjɔw]; born 1984) is a Slovak amateur astronomer and an observer and discoverer of minor planets, in particular near-Earth objects.[2]
| 239792 Hankakováčová | 9 March 2010 | list |
| 347028 Važec | 13 March 2010 | list |
| 590739 Miloslavov | 12 September 2012 | list |
| 400881 Vladimirdolinay | 7 August 2010 | list |
| (362559) 2010 VK41 | 13 October 2010 | list [A] |
| (432457) 2010 CU127 | 13 February 2010 | list |
| (432949) 2012 HH2 | 19 April 2012 | list |
| (445309) 2010 EK42 | 12 March 2010 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: A R. Holmes | ||
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He is the director of the IASC Data Reduction Team[2] and is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 9 numbered minor planets.[1]
In October 2012, Vorobjov discovered 276P/Vorobjov, a periodic comet and his first comet discovery.[3] He also discovered the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) (432949) 2012 HH2 in April 2012.[4]
The Florian main-belt asteroid 4858 Vorobjov, discovered by American astronomer James Gibson at Palomar in 1985, was named after him.[2]