Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova
Tamara Michailowna Smirnova ( Russian Тамара Михайловна Смирнова ; scientific transliteration Tamara Michajlovna Smirnova ; English spelling: Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova ; * 1935 in Henitschesk , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ; † 2001 ) was a Soviet Astronomer .
From 1966 to 1988 she worked at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad . She is co-discoverer of the comet 74P / Smirnova-Chernykh together with Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych . It also discovered more than 100 asteroids . The asteroid (5540) Smirnova is named after her.
literature
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, p. 472, ISBN 3540002383 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smirnova, Tamara Mikhailovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Смирнова, Тамара Михайловна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2001 |