Vsevolod Sharonov (1901–1964) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer.
Life
Sharonov was born on March 10, 1901, in Leningrad. He went on to graduate from Petrograd University in 1926 and soon after began work as teaching faculty at Leningrad State University. There he would eventually meet and marry fellow astronomer Nadezhda Sytinskaya. Sharonov died on November 26, 1964, also in St. Petersburg.
Career
The bulk of Sharonov's work was done at Pulkovo Observatory just outside of Leningrad. During his tenure as professor of astronomy at Leningrad State University, Sharonov eventually became its director. His main focus in scientific research was the study of planets and atmospheric optics.
Honors
The following celestial landmarks are named after him:
Bibliography
He published over 300 research papers in his lifetime including the following
- The Nature of the Planets
- Measurement and Calculations of the Visibility of Distant Objects
- Mars
- The Sun and its Observation
References
- ^ Basu, S.K. (2006). Encyclopaedic biography of the world great physicists. Global Vision Publishing House. p. 1453. ISBN 9788182201569. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- Balashov, Yuri (2007). "Sharonov, Vsevolod Vasilievich". In Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York, NY: Springer. pp. 1051–1052. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1269. ISBN 978-0-387-30400-7. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- New Scientist (1568). Reed Business Information: 594. 1987-07-09. ISSN 0262-4079 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Kc5qky1dIkIC. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "OBITUARY: Vsevolod V. Sharonov; Fernand Baldet; Erich Schoenberg". Irish Astronomical Journal. 9: 166. December 1969. Bibcode:1969IrAJ....9..166. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- Vsevolod Vasilʹevich Sharonov (1964). The Nature of Planets: (Priroda Planet). Israel Program for Scientific Translations.
External links
- Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (1997). "Sharonov, Vsevolod Vasilievich (1901–1964)". Encyclopedia of Planetary Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. p. 732. doi:10.1007/1-4020-4520-4_360. ISBN 0-412-06951-2.
- Balashov, Yuri (2007). "Sharonov, Vsevolod Vasilievich". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. pp. 1051–1052. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1269. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.
- Balashov, Yuri (2014). "Sharonov, Vsevolod Vasilievich". Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. pp. 1993–1994. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_1269. ISBN 978-1-4419-9916-0.