Violeta Ivanova is a Bulgarian astronomer

Astronomer

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. She sometimes signs Violeta G. Ivanova.

She has discovered numerous asteroid

Asteroid

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s. She works at the Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and has made her discoveries at the Smolyan Observatory, which became the Rozhen National Observatory some time after 2002. The asteroid 4365 Ivanova

4365 Ivanova

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 was named after her.

She should not be confused with V. V. Ivanova (who also signs V. F. Ivanova), now of the Institute of Physics, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petergof, Russia

Russia

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, previously with the Institut Geokhimii i Analiticheskoi Khimii (Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry), Moscow

Moscow

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