Vsevolod Sharonov

Vsevolod Sharonov (1901–1964) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer.

Life

Sharonov was born on March 10, 1901, in Leningrad.^[1] He went on to graduate from Petrograd University in 1926^[1] and soon after began work as teaching faculty at Leningrad State University. There he would eventually meet and marry fellow astronomer Nadezhda Sytinskaya.^[2] Sharonov died on November 26, 1964, also in St. Petersburg.^[1]

Career

The bulk of Sharonov's work was done at Pulkovo Observatory just outside of Leningrad.^[1] During his tenure as professor of astronomy at Leningrad State University, Sharonov eventually became its director.^[3] His main focus in scientific research was the study of planets and atmospheric optics.

Honors

The following celestial landmarks are named after him:

• Sharonov (Martian crater)
• Asteroid 2416 Sharonov
• Sharonov (lunar crater)

Bibliography

He published over 300 research papers in his lifetime including the following^[4]

• The Nature of the Planets^[5]
• Measurement and Calculations of the Visibility of Distant Objects
• Mars
• The Sun and its Observation

References

1. Basu, S.K. (2006). Encyclopaedic biography of the world great physicists. Global Vision Publishing House. p. 1453. ISBN 9788182201569. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
2. 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
3. New Scientist. Reed Business Information. 1987-07-09. p. 594. ISSN 0262-4079. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
4. "OBITUARY: Vsevolod V. Sharonov; Fernand Baldet; Erich Schoenberg". Irish Astronomical Journal. 9: 166. December 1969. Bibcode:1969IrAJ....9..166. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
5. 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.