Nikolai P. Barabashov

Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Soviet astronomer.

Nikolai P. Barabashov
Portrait of Nikolai Barabashov
Born	30 March 1894 Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Died	29 April 1971 (aged 77) Kharkiv, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Kharkiv University
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Kharkiv Observatory, Kharkiv University

Barabashov was born in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire. He graduated from Kharkiv University, Ukraine, in 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.[1] 2883 Barabashov, a minor planet discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him.[2]

Honours and awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour
• Four Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour

References

1. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (September 1975). "The new Martian nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union". Icarus. 26 (1): 85−98. Bibcode:1975Icar...26...85D. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(75)90146-3.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 237. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

Sources

• Astronomical Institute of Kharkiv National University