Grigory Nikolayevich Neuimin
Grigori Nikolajewitsch Neuimin ( Russian Григорий Николаевич Неуймин , scientific transliteration Grigorij Nikolaevič Neujmin ; * December 22, 1885 July / January 3, 1886 greg. In Tbilisi ; † December 17, 1946 in Leningrad ) was a Russian astronomer .
Neuimin discovered a total of 74 asteroids , including (951) Gaspra , which was photographed and measured during a flyby of the Galileo spacecraft in 1991 .
He was also the discoverer or co-discoverer of several periodically recurring comets , including 25D / Neujmin , 28P / Neujmin , 42P / Neujmin , 57P / du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte , 58P / Jackson-Neujmin .
The asteroid (1129) Neujmina is named after him.
literature
- Ilya Kolchinsky and others: Astronomy: biografitscheski sprawotschnik . Naukowa dumka, Kiev 1986. (Russian)
Web links
- Publications by GN Neuimin / Neujmin in the Astrophysics Data System
- Article Grigori Nikolajewitsch Neuimin in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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| SURNAME | Neuimin, Grigory Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Неуймин, Григорий Николаевич (Russian); Neujmin, Grigorij Nikolaevič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1946 |
| Place of death | Leningrad |