Ivan Mikheevich Kopylov (1928– ) was a stellar astrophysicist at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory from 1950 to 1966 and then director at the Special Astrophysical Observatory from 1966 to 1985. His main work concerns the physics and evolution of stars and astronomical instrumentation. (M 39653) _ _.
Discovered on 23-8-1985 in Nauchnyj by Chernykh, N. S.