Boris Petrov Komitov () (b. April 5, 1954, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian astronomer and geophysicist. He is an active researcher in the fields of physics of planetary and comet atmospheres, solar physics and solar-climate relationships. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed science articles, 50 popular-science articles as well as 3 books concerning the physics of the Solar System, the Sun and the Solar-Earth Connections.Query Results from the ADS Database, Astrophysics Data System, Retrieved on 6 September 2014Selected abstracts of papers and presentations (1997-2011), Boris Komitov Home Page at the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Retrieved on 6 September 2014 In 2008 the Minor Planet Centre at the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid from the main asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) after him in recognition of his scientific contributions and educational work (20363 Komitov 1998KU1).Entry for 20363 Komitov (1998KU1), Small-Body Database Browser, Jet Propulsion Lab, Retrieved on 6 September 2014
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