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[edit]Miroslav "Mirek" J. Plavec (October 7, 1925 – January 23, 2008) was a Czech-American astrophysicist.
The minor planet 6076 Plavec is named after him.
- "UCLA, Mirror Mourn Loss of Colleague", Santa Monica Mirror, January 31, 2008, retrieved 2024-12-21.
- "Mirek Plavec, 82; Noted Astronomer, UCLA Professor", Palisadian-Post, January 30, 2008, retrieved 2024-12-27.
- Harmanec, Petr; et al. (August 2007), Hartkopf, W. I.; et al. (eds.), "Professor Mirek J. Plavec", Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #240, held 22-25 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 17–27, Bibcode:2007IAUS..240...17H, doi:10.1017/S1743921307003742.
- Hirshfeld, Alan (May 2019), "Obituary: Mirek J. Plavec (1925-2008)", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51 (2), id. 0316, Bibcode:2019BAAS...51b0316H.
- "Mirek J. Plavec", Individual Members, International Astronomical Union, retrieved 2024-12-27.
- Kopal, Zdeněk (2017), Of Stars and Men: Reminiscences of an Astronomer, CRC Press, p. 254, ISBN 9781351427159.