Nadezhda Sytinskaya
Nadezhda Nikolaevna Sytinskaya | |
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USSR | |
Citizenship | Russian, Soviet |
Education | Saint Petersburg State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Planetary science |
Nadezhda Nikolaevna Sytinskaya (
Biography
After graduating from
In 1941 as the German army approached the city prior to the Siege of Leningrad the observatory at Pulkovo was heavily damaged by shelling and the staff were evacuated out of the city.[6] Following the conclusion of World War II, Sytinskaya returned to Leningrad State University where in 1951 she attained an appointment to full professor.[4] She would go on to remain at the university for the rest of her life up until 1974.[4] She is buried at the Krasnenkoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.[7]
Career
Sytinskaya is credited with, alongside her husband
Her research also included obtaining estimates of the density of the Draconids Meteor Shower,[11] developing techniques of meteor photometry,[12] creating a system for obtaining absolute photometry of the moon,[13] investigations of the color excess of asteroids,[14] and early estimates of the atmospheric pressure of Mars.[15] She also introduced the concept of "smoothness factor" as a parameter for determining of the degree of surface roughness exhibited by planetary bodies.[16] In 1965 Sytinskaya starred in the film Luna directed by Pavel Klushantsev, working also as a scientific consultant throughout its filming.[17]
References
- ^ "Женщины в астрономии". Московский Женский Музей (in Russian). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- Bibcode:1946Obs....66..217G. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ "Latest research on the question of vegetation on the planet Mars". www.sivatherium.narod.ru. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Sytinskaya Nadezhda Nikolaevna". Astronet. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ "ANNOTATED INDEX NO 67 OF ASTRONOMICAL LITERATURE PUBLISHED IN THE USSR IN APRIL - MAY 1950" (PDF) (published September 14, 2011). June 1, 1950 – via CIA.
- Bibcode:1946Obs....66..217G. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ ":: Космический мемориал :: Н.Н. Сытинская ::". sm.evg-rumjantsev.ru. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-387-30400-7, retrieved October 6, 2023
- Bibcode:1962IAUS...14..391S. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- Bibcode:1999pimo.conf...29A. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
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- ISSN 0019-1035.
- S2CID 121773295.
- ^ "THE ATMOSPHERE AND SURFACE OF MARS -- A SELECTIVE REVIEW" (PDF). NASA. 1965. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- doi:10.2514/3.2090– via Aerospace Research Central.
- ^ The Moon. ЛУНА (Luna, 1965)(restored color) by Pavel Klushantsev, retrieved October 5, 2023
- ^ "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2023.