Gennady Potapenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gennady Potapenko

American radio astronomer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1894

Place of Birth: Kimry, Tver Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: astronomer, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gennady Vasilyevich Potapenko (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ?????????) (Mar 25, 1894 – June, 1979) was an American radio astronomer of Russian origin. After the signal discoveries made by Karl Jansky in the mid-1930s, Potapenko (then a Cambridge physicist), along with Caltech physicist Donald Folland and Palomar telescope designer Russell Porter, attempted further researches in 'star static' in 1936.
They were able to confirm Jansky's results with a loop antenna, then a single wire, but were unable to secure adequate funding to continue.