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 on 18-5-1998 in Anderson Mesa by LONEOS