8217 Dominikhašek
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8217 Dominikhašek is a main-belt asteroid
named by its discoverers, Petr Pravec
and Lenka Šarounová
of the Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), in 2003. It is the namesake of NHL goaltender
, Dominik Hašek
, and it was named in his honour for helping win the gold medal
for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics
. It was discovered on April 21, 1995.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
named by its discoverers, Petr Pravec
Petr Pravec
Petr Pravec is a Czech astronomer, born in Třinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies. He is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called BinAst to look for multiplicity in the NEA and inner main-belt populations...
and Lenka Šarounová
Lenka Šarounová
Lenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer.She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov , located near Prague...
of the Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), in 2003. It is the namesake of NHL goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
, Dominik Hašek
Dominik Hašek
Dominik Hašek is a Czech ice hockey goaltender who is currently with HC Spartak Moscow of the KHL.In his 16-season National Hockey League career, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and the Ottawa Senators. During his years in Buffalo, he became one of the...
, and it was named in his honour for helping win the gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
. It was discovered on April 21, 1995.