Vladimír Porubčan
Prof. RNDr.
Vladimír Porubčan, DrSc., (born 1940) is a Slovak astronomer. He is a member of Astronomical Institute of
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Interplanetary Matter. His field of interest contains meteors, meteor streams, meteorites, asteroids, and comets. His significant works along with RNDr.
Jáh Štohl, DrSc. considerably explained origin of
Taurid meteor complex. He made multiple meteor observations and data analyses on ''forward scatter radar'' at
Modra Observatory and ''backscatter radar'' at
Ondřejov Observatory. He is also an acting professor at
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics,
Comenius University,
Bratislava. Asteroid
6311 Porubčan was named in honour of him.
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