Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa

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Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa
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Born(1902-11-21)21 November 1902
Sielec, Drohobych Raion
Died30 August 1992(1992-08-30) (aged 89)
Saint Petersburg
Resting placePulkovo Observatory cemetery, Saint Petersburg
EducationDoctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy
Alma materLviv University
AwardsF. Bredikhin Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Warsaw
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Olena Ivanivna Kazymyrchak-Polonskaïa (21 November 1902 – 30 August 1992) was an Ukrainian astronomer and member of the International Astronomical Union, who studied the motion of comets and their orbital evolution. Asteroid 2006 Polonskaya was named in her honor.[1]

Life[]

In 1928, she graduated from University of Lviv. From 1932 to 1934, she was an assistant at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw. From 1945, she taught mathematics and astronomy at the Kherson State University. In 1948, she became a researcher, then a senior researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.[2] In November 1951, she was dismissed from work. In 1952, she was arrested on suspicion of "espionage",[3] and held from January to August, by the USSR State Security Committee. She was acquitted and released.

In 1953-1956 she was an associate professor at the Department of Higher Mathematics of the K. D. Ushynsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University. In 1964 she became a member of the International Astronomical Union . From 1967 to 1985, she helped organize All-Union and international astronomical seminars and symposia. From 1976 to 1978, she was the head of the scientific group on the dynamics of small bodies at the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.[4] Polonskaïa studied in-depth the Leonids, a prolific meteor shower.

She died on 30 August 1992. She was buried in the cemetery of astronomers at the Pulkovo Observatory.

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "2006 Polonskaya (1973 SB3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Астронет > Казимирчак-Полонская Елена Ивановна". www.astronet.ru. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. ^ "НЕБЕСА ДА ПОВЕДАЮТ СЛАВУ..." rusvera.mrezha.ru/.
  4. ^ "Казимирчак-Полонська Олена Іванівна". www.astrosvit.in.ua. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7. (online)
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