Nikolai P. Barabashov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nikolai P. Barabashov

Russian astronomer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1894

Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1971

Profession: astronomer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Nikolai P. Barabashov

  • Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire – April 29, 1971) was a Soviet astronomer. Barabashov graduated from Kharkiv University, Ukraine, 1919; served as Director, Kharkiv Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkiv University, 1934; Rector, Kharkiv University, 1943-1946.
  • He became a member of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences in 1948. He was a co-author of the ground breaking publication of the first pictures of the far side of the Moon in 1961, called Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon.
  • Barabashov crater on Mars was named in his honor in 1973.
  • 2883 Barabashov, a minor planet discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him.

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