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Viktor Sergeevich Safronov (Russian: Ви́ктор Серге́евич Сафро́нов) (born Velikie Luki; 11 October 1917 in Russia – 18 September 1999 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet astronomer who put forward the low-mass-nebula model of planet formation, a consistent picture of how the planets formed from a disk of gas and dust around the Sun.

Biography and legacy[edit]

Safronov graduated from Moscow State University Department of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1941. He defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1968. His scientific interests covered planetary cosmogony, astrophysics and geophysics.

His planetesimal hypothesis of planet formation is still widely accepted among astronomers, although alternative theories exist (such as the gravitational fragmentation of the protoplanetary disk directly into planets).

A minor planet, 3615 Safronov, discovered by US-American astronomer Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983, is named after him,^[1] as is Safronov Regio on Pluto.^[2]

Awards[edit]

Otto Schmidt USSR Academy of Sciences Prize (1974)
Leonard Prize Meteoritical Society (1989)
Kuiper Prize in Planetary Science (1990)

List of selected publications[edit]

Evolution of the Protoplanetary Cloud and Formation of the Earth and the Planets. Moscow: Nauka Press, 1969. Trans. NASA TTF 677, 1972.

References[edit]

^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 304. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
^ "Safronov Regio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -13.36°, Center Longitude: 209.49°)

External links[edit]

List of Gerard Kuiper award recipients at the website of American Astronomical Society
(in Russian) A short biography

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[1] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 304. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

[gpn-2] "Safronov Regio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -13.36°, Center Longitude: 209.49°)

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+{{Short description|Soviet astronomer (1917–1999)}}
-'''Viktor Sergeevich Safronov''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Сергеевич Сафронов}}) (born Velikie Luki, Russia, 11 October 1917 - died Moscow 18 September 1999) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronomer]] who put forward the low-mass-nebula model of planet formation, a consistent picture of how the [[planet]]s formed from a disk of gas and dust around the [[Sun]].
+'''Viktor Sergeevich Safronov''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́ктор Серге́евич Сафро́нов}}) (born Velikie Luki; 11 October 1917 in [[Russia]] – 18 September 1999 in [[Moscow]], Russia) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronomer]] who put forward the low-mass-nebula model of planet formation, a consistent picture of how the [[Accretion (astrophysics)|planets formed]] from a disk of gas and dust around the [[Sun]].
 ==Biography and legacy==
-Safronov graduated from [[MSU Department of Mechanics and Mathematics | Moscow State University Department of Mechanics and Mathematics]] in 1941. He defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1968. His scientific interests were planetary [[cosmogony]], [[astrophysics]] and [[geophysics]].
+Safronov graduated from [[MSU Department of Mechanics and Mathematics|Moscow State University Department of Mechanics and Mathematics]] in 1941. He defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in 1968. His scientific interests covered planetary [[cosmogony]], [[astrophysics]] and [[geophysics]].
 His [[planetesimal]] hypothesis of planet formation is still widely accepted among astronomers, although alternative theories exist (such as the gravitational fragmentation of the [[protoplanetary disk]] directly into planets).
-A [[minor planet]] [[3615 Safronov]], discovered by [[United States|US-American]] astronomer [[Edward L. G. Bowell]] in 1983 is named after him. <ref>{{cite book | last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names | edition = 5th  | year = 2003 | publisher = Springer Verlag | location = New York | url = http://books.google.com/books?q=3613+kunlun  | isbn = 3-540-00238-3 | page = 304}}</ref>  Safronov's work is discussed at length in the BBC documentary [[The Planets (TV miniseries)]]
+A [[minor planet]], [[3615 Safronov]], discovered by [[United States|US-American]] astronomer [[Edward L. G. Bowell]] in 1983, is named after him,<ref>
+{{cite book
+| last = Schmadel
+| first = Lutz D. | title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
+| edition = 5th  | year = 2003
+| publisher = Springer Verlag
+| location = New York
+| isbn = 3-540-00238-3 | page = 304
+}}
+</ref>
+as is [[Safronov Regio]] on Pluto.<ref name=gpn>{{gpn|16258|Safronov Regio}} (Center Latitude: -13.36°, Center Longitude: 209.49°)</ref>
 ==Awards==
 *''[[Otto Schmidt]] [[USSR Academy of Sciences]] Prize'' (1974)
+*''Leonard Prize Meteoritical Society'' (1989)
 *''[[Kuiper Prize]] in Planetary Science'' (1990)
 == List of selected publications ==
-*''Evolution of the Protoplanetary Cloud and Formation of the Earth and the Planets.'' Moscow: [[Nauka|Nauka Press]], 1969. Trans. NASA TTF 677, 1972.
+*''Evolution of the Protoplanetary Cloud and Formation of the Earth and the Planets.'' Moscow: [[Nauka (publisher)|Nauka Press]], 1969. Trans. NASA TTF 677, 1972.
+==See also==
+*[[Accretion (astrophysics)]]
+*[[George Wetherill]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://dps.aas.org/prizes/kuiper List of Gerard Kuiper award recipients] at the website of [[American Astronomical Society]]
-*{{ru icon}} [http://www.scgis.ru/russian/cp1251/h_dgggms/2-99/strakhov.htm A short biography]
+*{{in lang|ru}} [https://archive.today/20020109180414/http://www.scgis.ru/russian/cp1251/h_dgggms/2-99/strakhov.htm A short biography]
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-[[Category:Russian astronomers]]
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-[[Category:20th-century astronomers]]
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 [[Category:1999 deaths]]
+[[Category:Moscow State University alumni]]
+[[Category:Russian scientists]]
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-[[cs:Viktor Sergejevič Safronov]]
-[[fr:Viktor Safronov]]
-[[it:Viktor Sergeevič Safronov]]
-[[ja:ヴィクトル・サフロノフ]]
-[[ru:Сафронов, Виктор Сергеевич]]

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