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Alexander Dubyago

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Alexander Dmitriyevich Dubyago (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Дубяго; December 5 (18), 1903, Kazan - October 29, 1959, Kazan) was a Soviet astronomer[1] and expert in theoretical astrophysics, who also discovered the faint periodic comet, C/1921 H1, on April 1921.[2] He was in charge of the Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University from 1941 until 1946.

The lunar crater Dubyago is named after him and his father, Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Broughton, Peter (2014). "Dubiago, Aleksandr Dmitrievich". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York, NY: Springer New York. pp. 614–615. Bibcode:2014bea..book..614B. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9258. ISBN 978-1-4419-9917-7.
  2. ↑ G. Lecointe (20 May 1921). "Comète Dubiago (1921c)". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (in French). 20.
  3. ↑ "Dubyago". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.