Nikolai P. Barabashov

Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Soviet astronomer.

Nikolai P. Barabashov
Portrait of Nikolai Barabashov
Born (1894-03-30)30 March 1894
Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Died 29 April 1971(1971-04-29) (aged 77)
Kharkiv, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussian Empire,
Soviet Union
Alma materKharkiv University
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsKharkiv Observatory,
Kharkiv University

Barabashov was born in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire. He graduated from Kharkiv University, Ukraine, in 1919; served as Director, Kharkiv Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkiv University, 1934; Rector, Kharkiv University, 1943-1946. He became a member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences in 1948.

He was a co-author of the ground breaking publication of the first pictures of the far side of the Moon in 1961, called Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon. Barabashov crater on Mars was named in his honor in 1973.[1] 2883 Barabashov, a minor planet discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him.[2]

Honours and awards

References
  1. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (September 1975). "The new Martian nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union". Icarus. 26 (1): 85−98. Bibcode:1975Icar...26...85D. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(75)90146-3.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 237. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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