Background
He was born in Třinec, Czechoslovakian Republic.
He was born in Třinec, Czechoslovakian Republic.
Charles University in Prague.
Pravec is 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 National Education Association and inner main-belt populations. He has found 289 asteroids—120 alone, and 221 with other astronomers.
Asteroid 4790 Petrpravec is named after him.
He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Czechoslovakian Republic.