Vladimir Shkodrov


Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov 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, including the near-Earth object 4486 Mithra, which he and Eric Elst discovered on 22 September 1987. 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.

Dissertation

Shkodrov, Vladimir Issledovanie pogreshnosti gravimetricheskih metodov opredelenia vneshnego potenciala planeti. 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. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 August 1991.

Publications

Monographs

  • Shkodrov, Vladimir Malki planeti v slunchevata sistema. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo
  • Shkodrov, Vladimir Planeten potencial. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Shkodrov, Vladimir Planetarna fizika. Shumen: Shumen University Press.
  • Shkodrov, Vladimir Etudi po istoria na astronomiata. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov

Other publications

  • Shkodrov, V. & V. Ivanova, V. Umlenski, E. Dikova Haleevata kometa na put kum sluntseto. Sofia: Narodna prosveta.