(9028) Konrádbeneš = 1989 BE1
Discovered 1989 Jan. 26 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
Konrád Beneš (1920-1999), a professor at the Technical University in Ostrava, was one of the pioneers of planetology in the Czech Republic and a past vice-president of the International Association of Planetology (1968-1977). The name was suggested by J. Honěk, P. Martinec and M. Eliáš.
(MPC 38198 – 2000 January 24)

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