Klym Churyumov
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Клим Іванович Чурюмов | |
| Transl. : | Klym Ivanovyč Čurjumov |
| Transcr. : | Klym Ivanovych Churyumov |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Клим Иванович Чурюмов | |
| Transl .: | Klim Ivanovič Čurjumov |
| Transcr .: | Klim Ivanovich Churyumov |
Klym Tschurjumow ( Ukrainian Клим Чурю́мов ; born February 19, 1937 in Mykolaiv , Ukrainian SSR ; † October 15, 2016 in Kharkiv , Ukraine ) was a Ukrainian astronomer and children's book author. He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev and the New York Academy . Churyumov was the director of the Kiev planetarium and editor-in-chief of the popular science magazine Nashe Nebo (“Nasche Nebo” , “Our Heaven”), as well as the president of the Ukrainian Society of Friends of Astronomy.
The comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko , discovered by him in 1969 and explored by the Rosetta space probe from summer 2014, is named after him and after Svetlana Gerasimenko . The asteroid (2627) Churyumov is named after him.
Web links
- Aram Ter-Gasarjan: Klim Tschurjumow: "The Rosetta mission is a complete success" . Interview at Russia Beyond the Headlines , December 20, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Помер відомий астроном Чурюмов . Українська правда, October 15, 2016 (Ukrainian).
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↑ Чурюмов, Клим Іванович. (pdf, 946 kB) Astronomitschnyj Enzyklopedytschnyj Slownyk (Astronomical Encyclopedic Dictionary), Lviv, 2003, p. 528 , archived from the original on May 13, 2012 ; Retrieved October 15, 2016 (Ukrainian). OK Melnyk, TK Churyumova : Свій серед зірок і комет: 75 років члену-кореспонденту НАН України Климу Чурюмову . In: Wisnyk Nazionalnoji Akademiji Nauk Ukrajiny , No. 3, 2012, pp. 89-94 ( ISSN 0372-6436 ; pdf, 162 kB, Ukrainian).
- ↑ International Astronomical Union: Klim Ivanovich Churyumov . February 27, 2015, accessed October 15, 2016.
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 PP 3 . Discovered 1978 Aug. 8 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Churyumov, Klym |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Churyumov, Klym Ivanovych (full name); Чурюмов, Клим Іванович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian astronomer and children's author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mykolaiv , Ukrainian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th October 2016 |
| Place of death | Kharkiv , Ukraine |