Asteroids named after people called Boris
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(1954) Kukarkin
Named in memory of Boris Vasil'evich Kukarkin (1909-1977), professor of stellar astronomy and astrometry at Moscow State University for many years and a prominent specialist in the fields of variable stars and the structure of stellar systems. He was the initiator and one of the compilers of the “General Catalogue of Variable Stars”, served as Vice President of the Astronomical Council of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences from 1947 to 1960, as Vice President of the IAU from 1955 to 1961 and as President of IAU Commission 27 from 1951 to 1958.Discovered 15 August 1952 by P. F. Shajn, Simeis
(2126) Gerasimovich
Named in memory of Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich (1889-1937), professor at Kharkov University (1922-1931), then chief of the astrophysics section and from 1933 director of the Pulkovo Observatory. His scientific papers cover a large range of astrophysical problems, and he was a member of many scientific societies.Discovered 30 August 1970 by T. M. Smirnova, Nauchnyj
(5453) Zakharchenya
Named in honor of academician Boris Petrovich Zakharchenya (b. 1928), outstanding Russian scientist, director of a department in the Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute in St. Petersburg. Zakharchenya is well known for his investigations in the fields of solid state physics, magneto-optics and optical orientation of electrons and nuclei in semiconductors. Name suggested by the Institute of Applied Astronomy.Discovered 3 November 1975 by T. M. Smirnova, Nauchnyj
(6284) Borisivanov
Boris Ivanov (b. 1948) of the Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres in Moscow has made many contributions to the geological and geophysical study of terrestrial impact craters through explosion simulations and computer modeling. He has also clarified the physical processes that determine planetary crater populations.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
(6811) Kashcheev
Named in honor of Boris Leonidovich Kashcheev (b. 1920), professor of radioelectronics at Kharkov Technical University, researcher in the physics and dynamics of meteors. In 1956 he founded the laboratory for the exploration of meteors by radio techniques. He was the chief designer of MARS, the first automatic meteor radio system in Ukraine. More than 20 million meteors were detected with this system during 1972-1978, and many thousands of meteor orbits were determined and studied. He was also chair of the Meteor Commission of the Soviet Geophysical Committee.Discovered 26 August 1976 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(7278) Shtokolov
Boris Timofeevich Shtokolov (b. 1930) is a Russian singer, actor and bass soloist for the Mariinskij Theatre in St. Petersburg.Discovered 22 October 1985 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
(9145) Shustov
Boris Mikhailovich Shustov (b. 1947) is deputy director at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert in astrophysics, known for his research in star formation, stellar and galactic evolution, and space astronomy. He was vice-president of the European Astronomical Society during 1993-2000.Discovered 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(9148) Boriszaitsev
Boris Petrovich Zaitsev (1925-2000), People's artist of Ukraine, possessed an excellent bass-baritone voice. As a result of an injury in 1945, he lost his eyesight and both legs, but he was able to muster sufficient strength to graduate from the academy of music and became a leading soloist at the Odessa Philharmonic Society.Discovered 13 March 1977 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(10424) Gaillard
Boris Gaillard (b. 1976) is an amateur astronomer and software engineer. He spent two successive and successful summers at the Caussols Schmidt, implementing a very efficient package inside PRISM for the automatic detection of minor planets, in recent years used by many members of the AUDE group.Discovered 20 January 1999 by ODAS, Caussols
(10990) Okunev
Boris Nikolaevich Okunev (1897-1961), professor at the D. F. Ustinov Mechanical Institute in Leningrad, was a scientist in theoretical mechanics and ballistics. He was also interested in the history of science, poetry and art. He bequeathed his unique collection of Russian painters of “the Silver Age” to the Russian Museum.Discovered 28 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(11015) Romanenko
Boris Ivanovich Romanenko (b. 1912) is a veteran of the group studying jet propulsion in Moscow in the 1930s. For many years he worked at the Lavochkin scientific production association. He participated in designing and launching automatic space missions for investigations of the moon, Venus, the earth and the sun.Discovered 17 September 1982 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(14346) Zhilyaev
Boris Efimovich Zhilyaev (b. 1940) is chief of the high-speed photometry group at the main astronomical observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He has organized an international network of synchronized HSPh telescopes to detect microsecond stellar variations at a level down to 0.001 magnitude.Discovered 23 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(15382) Vian
Boris Vian (1920–1959), French writer (L'Écume des jours, L'Arrache-cœur), singer (“Le Déserteur”) and jazz musician, also had an interest in astrophysics, electronics and ecology. He linked the rules of writing fiction with an intense and imaginative word play. The name was suggested by J. Montanné.Discovered 20 September 1997 by L. Sarounova, Ondrejov
(15669) Pshenichner
Boris Grigor'evich Pshenichner (b. 1933) dealt with space education for 50 years. Since 1958 he worked in the Moscow planetarium, and since 1962 in the Moscow palace for children's creativity. A member of the Russian space academy , he is head of the Moscow scientific-educational program “Experiment in Space”.Discovered 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(15828) Sincheskul
Boris Fillipovich Sincheskul (b. 1936), Ukrainian astronomer, has worked at the Poltava Gravimetric Observatory since 1962. He has observed lunar occultations for over 46 years and he was a pioneer in occultation astronomy in the Ukraine.Discovered 23 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
(18287) Verkin
Boris Ieremievich Verkin (1919-1990), a Ukrainian Soviet physicist and creator of the scientific school of cryogenic physics and technology, was the founder and first director of the Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering in Kharkiv.Discovered 3 October 1975 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
(18295) Borispetrov
Boris Mikhajlovich Petrov (b. 1946), director of the St. Petersburg regional center of the Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS, is a well-known Russian journalist who has made an important contribution to the development of the mass media of the new Russia.Discovered 2 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
(19855) Borisalexeev
Boris Alexeev (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, Georgia.Discovered 24 October 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(20077) Borispodolsky
Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky (1896–1966) was a Russian-American physicist. He is best known for the 1935 quantum mechanics paper, co-authored with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, on entangled wave functions and what would later become known as the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox.Discovered 7 February 1994 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(20363) Komitov
Boris Petrov Komitov (b. 1954), of the Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has studied the physics and chemistry of comets, including 1P/Halley and the collision of D/1993 F2 with Jupiter in 1994. He also works on solar activity cycles and is the leading popularizer of planetary science in Bulgaria.Discovered 18 May 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(20840) Borishanin
Boris Hanin (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Pittsford Sutherland High School, Pittsford, New York, U.S.A.Discovered 25 October 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(22611) Galerkin
Boris Grigorievich Galerkin (1871-1945) studied engineering in his native Russia and abroad. His scientific work centered on various problems in the theory of elasticity and structural mechanics, in particular the curvature of thin plates and the torsion and flexure of prismatic rods.Discovered 17 May 1998 by P. G. Comba, Prescott
(32770) Starchik
Boris Stepanovich Starchik (1939-1996) was a Ukrainian engineer, builder and traveler. He was an active defender of Ukrainian nature and during his last years worked as a forester. The name was suggested by K. I. Churyumov.Discovered 23 December 1984 by L. G. Karachkina, Nauchnyj
(101383) Karloff
Boris Karloff, born William Henry Pratt (1887–1969), was an English actor who attained cultural icon status for his portrayal of the monster in the 1931 motion picture Frankenstein. Karloff, who also appeared in more than 150 films and television programs, has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Discovered 30 October 1998 by R. A. Tucker, Goodricke-Pigott
(212929) Satovski
Boris Ivanovich Satovski (1908-1982) was twice a laureate of the USSR State Prize, an inventor, scientist and technician, the founder of Russian excavator construction and inventor of a walking excavator.Discovered 15 January 2008 by , Zelenchukskaya Stn 67220 Zelenchukskaya Stn