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Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Russian: Людмила Георгиевна Карачкина, born 3 September 1948, Rostov-on-Don) is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[2]
In 1978 she began as a staff astronomer of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) at Leningrad. Her research at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) then focused on astrometry and photometry of minor planets.[2][3] The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 130 minor planets, including the Amor asteroid 5324 Lyapunov and the Trojan asteroid 3063 Makhaon.[1] In 2004, she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.[4]
Lyudmila Karachkina has two daughters, Maria and Renata. The inner main-belt asteroid 8019 Karachkina, discovered by German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg on 14 October 1990, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 35489).[2][5] On 23 November 1999, the minor planet 8089 Yukar was named after her husband, Yurij Vasil'evicht Karachkin (b. 1940), a physics teacher at CrAO's school.(M.P.C. 36946).[5][6]
List of discovered minor planets
| 2892 Filipenko | January 13, 1983 | MPC |
| 3063 Makhaon | August 4, 1983 | MPC |
| 3067 Akhmatova | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 3068 Khanina | December 23, 1982 | MPC |
| 3215 Lapko | January 23, 1980 | MPC |
| 3286 Anatoliya | January 23, 1980 | MPC |
| 3345 Tarkovskij | December 23, 1982 | MPC |
| 3437 Kapitsa | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 3453 Dostoevsky | September 27, 1981 | MPC |
| 3469 Bulgakov | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 3508 Pasternak | February 21, 1980 | MPC |
| 3511 Tsvetaeva | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 3516 Rusheva | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 3620 Platonov | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 3623 Chaplin | October 4, 1981 | MPC |
| 3624 Mironov | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 3668 Ilfpetrov | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 3669 Vertinskij | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 3675 Kemstach | December 23, 1982 | MPC |
| 3750 Ilizarov | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 3772 Piaf | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 3946 Shor | March 5, 1983 | MPC |
| 3982 Kastelʹ | May 2, 1984 | MPC |
| 4017 Disneya | February 21, 1980 | MPC |
| 4071 Rostovdon | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 4075 Sviridov | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 4080 Galinskij | August 4, 1983 | MPC |
| 4258 Ryazanov | September 1, 1987 | MPC |
| 4475 Voitkevich | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 4483 Petofi | September 9, 1986 | MPC |
| 4556 Gumilyov | August 27, 1987 | MPC |
| 4625 Shchedrin | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 4626 Plisetskaya | December 23, 1984 | MPC |
| 4741 Leskov | November 10, 1985 | MPC |
| 4785 Petrov | December 17, 1984 | MPC |
| 4861 Nemirovskij | August 27, 1987 | MPC |
| 4928 Vermeer | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 4940 Polenov | August 18, 1986 | MPC |
| 4996 Veisberg | August 11, 1986 | MPC |
| 4997 Ksana | October 6, 1986 | MPC |
| 5021 Krylania | November 13, 1982 | MPC |
| 5093 Svirelia | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 5094 Seryozha | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 5199 Dortmund | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 5234 Sechenov | November 4, 1989 | MPC |
| 5247 Krylov | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 5316 Filatov | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 5324 Lyapunov | September 22, 1987 | MPC |
| 5421 Ulanova | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 5422 Hodgkin | December 23, 1982 | MPC |
| 5465 Chumakov | September 9, 1986 | MPC |
| 5615 Iskander | August 4, 1983 | MPC |
| 5666 Rabelais | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 5676 Voltaire | September 9, 1986 | MPC |
| 5717 Damir | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 5759 Zoshchenko | January 22, 1980 | MPC |
| 5808 Babelʹ | August 27, 1987 | MPC |
| 5896 Narrenschiff | November 12, 1982 | MPC |
| 5902 Talima | August 27, 1987 | MPC |
| 5941 Valencia | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 5944 Utesov | May 2, 1984 | MPC |
| 6032 Nobel | August 4, 1983 | MPC |
| 6172 Prokofeana | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 6592 Goya | October 3, 1986 | MPC |
| 6763 Kochiny | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 6766 Kharms | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 6767 Shirvindt | January 6, 1983 | MPC |
| 6821 Ranevskaya | September 29, 1986 | MPC |
| 7109 Heine | September 1, 1983 | MPC |
| 7113 Ostapbender | September 29, 1986 | MPC |
| 7223 Dolgorukij | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 7758277777777 Yurlov | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 7777777774817777777 Yudovich | November 14, 1990 | MPC |
| 7632 Stanislav | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 7633 Volodymyr | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 7741 Fedoseev | September 1, 1983 | MPC |
| 7995 Khvorostovsky | August 4, 1983 | MPC |
| 7996 Vedernikov | September 1, 1983 | MPC |
| 8142 Zolotov | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 8332 Ivantsvetaev | October 14, 1982 | MPC [1] |
| 8811 Waltherschmadel | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 8812 Kravtsov | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 8816 Gamow | December 17, 1984 | MPC |
| 8822 Shuryanka | September 1, 1987 | MPC |
| 9005 Sidorova | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 9006 Voytkevych | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 9532 Abramenko | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 9539 Prishvin | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 9540 Mikhalkov | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 9737 Dudarova | September 29, 1986 | MPC |
| 9834 Kirsanov | October 14, 1982 | MPC |
| 9927 Tyutchev | October 3, 1981 | MPC |
| 10012 Tmutarakania | September 3, 1978 | MPC [2] |
| 10031 Vladarnolda | September 7, 1981 | MPC |
| 10049 Vorovich | October 3, 1986 | MPC |
| 10090 Sikorsky | October 13, 1990 | MPC [3] |
| 10287 Smale | October 21, 1982 | MPC |
| 10324 Vladimirov | November 14, 1990 | MPC |
| 10712 Malashchuk | October 20, 1982 | MPC |
| 10713 Limorenko | October 22, 1982 | MPC |
See also
- Tamara Smirnova, astronomer at ITA
References
- 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(8019) Karachkina". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8019) Karachkina. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 628. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6794. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ Чи можна "купити" зірку? (in Ukrainian). day.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ Библиотечный каталог российских и украинских диссертаций (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- 1 2 "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(8089) Yukar". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8089) Yukar. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 632. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6835. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.