Zoran Knežević (astronomer)

Zoran Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Кнежевић; born 23 August 1949 in Osijek) is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982. He is the current president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) since 2023. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small Solar System bodies, their proper elements and perturbations, as well as the identification and evolution of asteroid families. As of 2002, he is the director of Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and the president of Serbian National Astronomy Committee.^[1][2]

Minor planets discovered: 1 ^[1]

3176 Paolicchi

13 November 1980

list

Awards and honors

Asteroid 3900 Knežević, discovered by Edward Bowell, is named after him.^[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 23 December 1988 (M.P.C. 14030).^[3]

See also

• List of minor planet discoverers § Z. Knezevic
• Vincenzo Zappalà

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
2. Colic, Nina (2023-03-30). "Asteroid nazvan po njemu: Zoran Knežević novi predsednik SANU - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-03-30.
3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

External links

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3900) Knežević, Lutz Schmadel
• Short biography, www.astronomija.co.rs (in Serbian)
• Zoran Knežević's home page^{[permanent dead link‍]}