Lidiya Tseraskaya
Lidiya Petrovna Tseraskaya | |
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| Born | Lidiya Petrovna Shelekhova June 22, 1855 Moscow Observatory |
Lidiya Petrovna Tseraskaya née Shelekhova (Russian: Лидия Петровна Цераская) (22 June 1855 – 24 December 1931) was a Russian astronomer.[1]
Tseraskaya was born in
Venusian crater Tseraskaya was named after her.[1] Her academic papers were published under her husband's name, "W. Ceraski".[2]
Tseraskaya was married to Vitold Tserasky (1849–1925), also known as Vitol'd Karlovic Tseraskiy or Witold Ceraski, who was Professor of Astronomy as Moscow University and director at the Moscow Observatory (105), after whom asteroid 807 Ceraskia and lunar crater Tseraskiy were named.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Tseraskaya on Venus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Bibcode:2009bea..book.....H.
- ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
- Lidiya Tseraskaya, Soviet astronomer (1855–1931), Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers