Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko

Swetlana Gerassimenko at DLR , 2014
Cyrillic ( Russian )
	Светлана Ивановна Герасименко
Transl. :	Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko
Transcr. :	Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko
Cyrillic ( Ukrainian )
	Світлана Іванівна Герасименко
Transl. :	Svitlana Ivanivna Herasymenko
Transcr. :	Switlana Ivaniwna Herassymenko

Svetlana Ivanovna Gerassimenko ( Russian Светла́на Ива́новна Герасиме́нко ; born February 23, 1945 in Baryschiwka , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Soviet and Tajik astronomer . In 1969 she and the astronomer Klym Churyumov discovered comet 67P , which bears both names. The asteroid (3945) Gerasimenko was also named after her in 1995.

Life

Gerassimenko studied astrophysics at the University of Kiev from 1963 to 1968 and then began an aspirantur . In September 1969 she accompanied Churyumov, a member of the staff at the main observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine , on a comet -watching research trip to Alma-Ata . On the night of September 11-12, 1969, she accidentally discovered comet 67P after developing a photo plate for observing comet 32P / Comas Solá .

In 1973 she moved to Dushanbe and became a research assistant at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR . Since then she has been researching and observing comets and other smaller objects in the solar system. In 1975 she was awarded a medal for “Research into New Astronomical Objects”.

On March 2, 2004, Gerassimenko and Churyumov were invited to the Guiana Space Center for the launch of the European space probe Rosetta , which was supposed to explore the comet Churyumov-Gerassimenko . At the invitation of DLR , she and Klim Tschurjumow followed the landing of Philae on 67P in Cologne on November 12, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Svetlana Gerasimenko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Dirk Lorenzen : The woman with the comet. Deutschlandfunk , February 22, 2015, accessed on February 24, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Bond: Svetlana Gerasimenko - co-discoverer of comet 67P. ESA , October 20, 2014, accessed November 13, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Manuela Braun: Interview with Svetlana Gerasimenko - 'Beginner's luck'. DLR , November 11, 2014, accessed on November 13, 2014 (English). 
3. ↑ Artyom Gejwandow: Svetlana Gerasimenko: "One should look at the sky more often". February 2004, accessed November 13, 2014 (Russian). 
4. ↑ Efim Schuhmann: Gerassimenko: “Incredible Comet Landing”, interview. Deutsche Welle , November 12, 2014, accessed on November 18, 2014 .