Ivan Ossipowitsch Jarkowski
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
|---|---|
| Иван Осипович Ярковский | |
| Transl. : | Ivan Osipovič Jarkovskij |
| Transcr. : | Ivan Ossipowitsch Jarkowski |
Iwan Ossipowitsch Jarkowski (born May 24, 1844 in Osweja near Vitebsk , † January 22, 1902 in Heidelberg ) was a Polish civil engineer living in Russia .
Iwan Jarkowski came from a Polish noble family of the Korsak coat of arms . He was born in a small town in what is now Belarus . He completed his school education and his studies in Moscow . He was best known for his discovery of the Jarkowski effect . In 1888 he also developed a mechanical gravitation explanation . The asteroid (35334) Yarkovsky was named after him on August 9, 2006.
literature
- W. Surdin: Effect inschenera Jarkowskogo . In: Priroda . 2004, No. 11, pp. 91-96. (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Beekman: The nearly forgotten scientist Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky . In: Journal of the British Astronomical Association . 115, No. 4, 2005, p. 207.
- ↑ Poland did not have its own national territory at that time.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jarkowski, Ivan Ossipowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yarkovsky, Ivan Osipovic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osweja near Vitebsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1902 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |