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Karachkina Lyudmila Georgiyevna

General data:

Born: 07.04.1948

Place of birth: Rostov-on-Don city, Rostov region, Russian SSR

Studied in: Rostov State University (since 2006, the Pedagogical Institute of the Federal State Technical University of the South Russian Federal University, Rostov-on-Don city) (1971);

Key interests: astrophysics, minor bodies of the Solar System. PhD Thesis: Photometric evidence of the duality of selected asteroids (2003 I. I. Mechnikov Odessa State University);

Biography:

She was born on April 7 (according to other data, September 3), 1948 in the Rostov-on-Don city of Rostov region of the Russian SSR.

In 1971 she graduated from Rostov State University and entered the postgraduate course of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in the Department of Solar Physics. After completing her postgraduate studies, she was accepted into the group of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (incorporated into the Institute of Applied Astronomy since 1998), later she climbed the career ladder to the position of senior researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy. and since 1978 she has been an employee of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

In 2003 (according to other data in 2004) she defended her PhD dissertation "Photometric evidence of the duality of selected asteroids" at the I. I. Mechnikov Odessa State University, majoring in astrophysics, radio astronomy.

In 1987, she was awarded the medal of the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR "For the discovery of new astronomical objects".

Engaged in observations of minor planets (asteroids), discovered more than 130 new celestial bodies.

The International Astronomical Union named the asteroid (8019) Karachkina in her honor, discovered on October 14, 1990 by L. D. Schmadel and F. Börngen. The name was proposed by the pioneers "as a sign of gratitude for her kind support and cooperation.

Main publications:
  1. Evidence of the complex structure of asteroid 21 Lutetia / V. V. Prokof’eva-Mikhailovskaya, Yu. V. Batrakov, V. V. Bochkov,.. L. G. Karachkina et al. // Solar System Research.- 2007.- Vol. 41, No. 4.- P. 307 – 313
  2. СВИДЕТЕЛЬСТВА СЛОЖНОЙ СТРУКТУРЫ АСТЕРОИДА/В. В. Прокофьева-Михайловская, Ю. В. Батраков, В. В. Бочков, В. В. Бусарев, Л. Г. Карачкина// АСТРОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ ВЕСТНИК, 2007, том 41, № 4, с. 337-344
  3. Наблюдения эффектов падения кометы Шумейкера-Леви 9 на Юпитер, полученные на телевизионном комплексе Крымской астрофизической обсерватории / А. Н. Абраменко, В. В. Бочков, Л. Г. Карачкина, В. В. Прокофьева, В. П. Таращук // Астрон. вестник.- 1996.- Т. 30, № 2.- С. 116 - 122.
  4. Observation of Effects of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact on Jupiter Obtained with the Television Complex of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory / A. N. Abramenko, V. V. Bochkov, L. G. Karachkina, V. V. Prokof’eva, V. P. Tarashchuk // Solar System Research.- 1996.- Vol. 30, No. 2.- P. 101 – 107

Sources:
1 profilbaru.com