Sergey Belyavsky Explained

Minor planets discovered: 36 
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Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Беля́вский; December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 numbered minor planets.

His last name is also alternatively spelled Beljavskij (name under which the Minor Planet Center credits him) or Beljawskij. His first name is occasionally given as "Sergius". He was born in St. Petersburg and was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. His field of work included astrophotometry, astrometry, and the study of variable stars. He died in Leningrad.

He discovered the bright naked-eye comet C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky), also known according to the nomenclature of the time as "Comet 1911 IV" or "Comet 1911g". Belyavsky observed at Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea. Between 1937 and 1944, Belyavsky was the seventh director of the Pulkovo Observatory, where he succeeded Boris Gerasimovich.

List of discovered minor planets

5 April 1913
8 September 1915
9 February 1912
27 March 1916
2 April 1916
2 April 1916
2 April 1916
3 April 1916
3 April 1916
3 April 1916
6 April 1916
23 September 1917
5 November 1921
18 May 1922
23 September 1917
8 June 1923
8 August 1923
5 September 1923
5 September 1923
12 September 1923
6 June 1924
11 October 1925
4 August 1926
26 January 1925
12 February 1926
25 August 1927  
12 February 1926
29 August 1927  
5 September 1924
29 August 1927  
1 October 1926
5 September 1924
10 October 1926
23 September 1917
5 November 1921
23 September 1917
Co-discovery made with:
N. Ivanov

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