Boris Petrovich Gerasimovich(Ukrainian:Бори́с Петро́вич Герасимо́вич;19 March [O.S.7 March] 1889,Kremenchuk– 30 November 1937)[1]was aSovietastronomerandastrophysicist.
Biography
editGerasimovich was born inKremenchuk(now inPoltava Oblast,Ukraine). As a student he was a member of theSR Combat Organization.He graduated fromKharkiv Universityin 1914 having studied underAristarkh Belopolsky.[2]From 1917 until 1933 he worked at theKharkiv Universityobservatory. He became the director of thePulkovo Observatoryin 1933, but was arrested and executed during theGreat Purge.He had a daughter, Tatiana Borisovna Gerasimovich.
The craterGerasimovichon theMoonis named in his honor. Aminor planet2126 Gerasimovichdiscovered in 1970 bySovietastronomerTamara Mikhailovna Smirnovais also named after him.[3]
References
edit- ^"Герасимович Борис Петрович".esu.ua.Retrieved2024-02-09.
- ^Hockey, Thomas (2009).The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers.Springer Publishing.ISBN978-0-387-31022-0.RetrievedAugust 22,2012.
- ^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003).Dictionary of Minor Planet Names(5th ed.). New York:Springer Verlag.p. 172.ISBN3-540-00238-3.
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