Vladimir Shkodrov

Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov (Владимир Георгиев Шкодров; 10 February 1930 – 31 August 2010) was a Bulgarian astronomer and professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is one of the founders of the Bulgarian National Observatory in Rozhen and authored numerous scientific and popular articles and books on planetary physics and astronomy.

Shkodrov discovered seven asteroids,<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> including the near-Earth object 4486 Mithra, which he and Eric Elst discovered on 22 September 1987.<ref name="4486-Mithra" /> Mithra is notable as the most highly bifurcated object in the Solar System.

Besides his rich scientific career, Vladimir Shkodrov was involved in education and in politics. He was the dean of the University of Shumen and a deputy in the 37th National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria.

List of discovered minor planets

4486 Mithra	22 September 1987	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
6636 Kintanar	11 September 1988	Template:Small
9732 Juchnovski	24 September 1984	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
11852 Shoumen	10 September 1988	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
11856 Nicolabonev	11 September 1988	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
14342 Iglika	23 September 1984	Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label
Template:Mp	11 September 1988	Template:Small
Co-discovery made with: Template:Note label E. W. Elst Template:Note label V. G. Ivanova

Dissertation

Shkodrov, Vladimir (1975) Issledovanie pogreshnosti gravimetricheskih metodov opredelenia vneshnego potenciala planeti (Analysis of the errors of the gravimetric methods in defining the external planet potential). Defended in Leningrad/Moscow's State Institute for Astronomy.

Honors

The main-belt asteroid 4364 Shkodrov, discovered by Eleanor Helin and Schelte Bus on 7 November 1978, is named in his honor.<ref name="4364-Shkodrov" /> The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 August 1991 (Template:Small).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />

See also

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Publications

Monographs

• Shkodrov, Vladimir (1973) Malki planeti v slunchevata sistema (Small planets in the Solar system). Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo
• Shkodrov, Vladimir (1989) Planeten potencial (Planetary Potential). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
• Shkodrov, Vladimir (2005) Planetarna fizika (Planetary physics). Shumen: Shumen University Press.
• Shkodrov, Vladimir (2010) Etudi po istoria na astronomiata (Essays on History of Astronomy). Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov

Other publications

• Shkodrov, V. & V. Ivanova, V. Umlenski, E. Dikova (1985) Haleevata kometa na put kum sluntseto (The comet of Halley on its way to the Sun). Sofia: Narodna prosveta.

External links

• Homepage, archived Template:In lang
• 4486 Mithra at hohmanntransfer.com

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