Sergey Blazhko

"Blazhko" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Blazhko (crater).

Sergey Nikolayevich Blazhko
Серге́й Никола́евич Блажко́
Sergey Blazhko in 1905
Born	(1870-11-17)November 17, 1870 Khotsimsk
Died	February 11, 1956(1956-02-11) (aged 85) Moscow, Soviet Union
Education	Moscow State University
Occupation	Astronomer
Organization	Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929, corresponding member)
Known for	Blazhko crater, planet No. 2445

Sergey Nikolayevich Blazhko (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Блажко́; November 17, 1870, Khotsimsk – February 11, 1956, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929). He was a graduate of Moscow State University^[1] and held a number of positions there including head of the Moscow Observatory from 1920-1931.^[2] He discovered a secondary variation of the amplitude and period of some RR Lyrae stars and related pulsating variables, now known as the Blazhko effect.

Awards and honours

• Laureate of the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1951)
• Orders of Lenin (1944, 1953)
• Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1940, 1945)
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1946)

Crater on the Moon and asteroid No. 2445 are named after Blazhko.^[3]

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References

1. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
2. Kulikovsky, P.G. (1970–1980). "Blazhko, Sergei Nikolaevich". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 195–197. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
3. "Блажко Сергей Николаевич". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-11-27.