Grigory Neujmin Explained
Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (Russian: Григорий Николаевич Неуймин; – 17 December 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodic and a hyperbolic comet at the Pulkovo and Simeiz Observatories during the first half of the 20th century.
Discoveries
The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name "G. N. Neujmin", and his surname appears this way in the literature. However, the modern English transliteration of his name would be Neuymin.
Neujmin is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 Gaspra[1] and 762 Pulcova.
He also discovered and co-discovered 6 Jupiter-family comets, namely 25D/Neujmin, 28P/Neujmin, 42P/Neujmin, 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte (including fragment A) and 58P/Jackson–Neujmin, as well as C/1914 M1 (Neujmin), a hyperbolic comet.
Awards and honors
He received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour on 10 June 1945. The lunar crater Neujmin is named in his honour, as is 1129 Neujmina, a main-belt asteroid of the Eos family discovered by Praskovjya Parkhomenko at Simeiz Observatory in 1929.
List of discovered minor planets
1603 Neva | 4 November 1926 | |
1653 Yakhontovia | 30 August 1937 | |
1671 Chaika | 3 October 1934 | |
1692 Subbotina | 16 August 1936 | |
1725 CrAO | 20 September 1930 | |
1734 Zhongolovich | 11 October 1928 | |
1783 Albitskij | 24 March 1935 | |
2166 Handahl | 13 August 1936 | |
2237 Melnikov | 2 October 1938 | |
2484 Parenago | 7 October 1928 | | |
2536 Kozyrev | 15 August 1939 | |
3036 Krat | 11 October 1937 | |
3761 Romanskaya | 25 July 1936 | |
4420 Alandreev | 15 August 1936 | | |
Notes and References
- Schilling. Govert. 1994-12-17. What's Dvorak doing on Mercury?. New Scientist. 2008-09-07.