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Klymyshyn Ivan Antonovich

General data:

Born: 17.01.1933

Place of birth: Kutyska village, Kremenets district, Ternopil region, Republic of Poland

Studied in: Ivan Franko Lviv State University (since 1999 Ivan Franko Lviv National University) (1955);

Key interests: history of astronomy, sources of stellar energy, space missions, popularization of astronomy. PhD Thesis: Shock waves and supersonic currents in the shells of stars (1961 T. G. Shevchenko Kyiv Order of Lenin State University); ScD Thesis: Shock waves in the stars (1971 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University);

Biography:

He was born on January 17, 1933 in the Kutysky village of Kremenets district of Republic of Poland (now Lanovets district of Ternopil region of Ukraine), in the family of peasants Anton and Ksenia Klymyshyn.

Since the age of 11 he served in the Orthodox Church in his native village and dreamed of becoming a priest. But because of tuberculosis, which periodically miraculously disappeared and then reappeared, he had to give up his dream of becoming a priest.

In 1950 he graduated externally from Lviv Secondary School #8.

In 1955 he graduated from Ivan Franko Lviv State University.

In 1958 he graduated from graduate school with a degree in astrophysics.

During 1958-1974 he worked at the observatory of Lviv University (during 1958-1960 he managed the operation of the station 1031 artificial satellites of the Earth, since 1961 he was the head of the department, in 1962-1970 he worked as the deputy director for scientific work).

In 1961 he defended his dissertation at the Taras Shevchenko Kiev Order of Lenin State University on "Shock waves and supersonic currents in the shells of stars". In 1971 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in the Russian SSR on "Shock waves in the stars."

Since 1974 he worked as a professor at the Ivano-Frankivsk Pedagogical Institute.

In 1976—1984 pp. served as Deputy Chairman of Council of training of astronomical personnel of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Since January 30, 1978, when the decision of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Scientific Council on "Astronomy" in the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, which aimed to coordinate research in astronomy in the Ukrainian SSR, was created, the professor became a member of the Bureau of the Council.

In 1978 (according to some data since 1980) to 1986, the scientist headed the Special Problem Group on the History of Astronomy at the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

In 1979-1981 he was chairman of the Commission on Astronomy at the Ministry of Education of the USSR.

During 1996-1999 he worked as the head of the Department of Religious Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, and then as the head of the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, professor of these disciplines at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk city. He is an honorary professor of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, a member of the International Astronomical Union, an honorary member of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association, a full member of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society.

In August 1993, the small planet №3653, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1979 by M. Chernykh, was named "Klymyshyn". In 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2011, the American Biographical Institute named Klimyshyn "Man of the Year" and awarded a separate entry in the book "Great Thinkers of the XXI Century." Ivan Klymyshyn was also awarded the Order of Merit of the III degree.

In 2000, at the V Congress of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association, a professor of the Theological Academy was awarded the title of "Honorary Member of the UAA".

He has been a full member of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society since 1992.

The main scientific works relate to radiative space gas dynamics. His creative output includes 56 monographs, textbooks, manuals, popular science books, in addition, more than 300 scientific and popular science articles.

To characterize the state of the gas, taking into account the isotropic radiation field, a gas-dynamic adiabatic exponent was introduced, which significantly simplified the determination of parameter jumps at the shock wave front. He obtained approximate solutions to the problem of the structure of stellar shock waves, estimated the length of the ionization relaxation zone behind the front and the heating zone in front of the shock wave front moving in the stellar atmosphere. Derived a formula for the altitude scale, which is set in the atmosphere of the star under the action of a periodic shock wave. Together with B. I. Gnatik he obtained an asymptotic formula describing the change in the velocity of a shock wave in an inhomogeneous medium with an arbitrary density distribution, and studied the limits of applicability of approximate methods of space gas dynamics. He analyzed the efficiency of heat waves as a possible mechanism for the transfer of energy released during an explosion in the bowels of the star. Together with S. A. Kaplan he obtained a number of solutions to the theory of nonstationary light scattering in a medium with a moving boundary.

In 2022, he was awarded the A. Ya. Orlov Medal.

He is the author of almost 70 scientific monographs, textbooks, textbooks and popular science books on astronomy.

Main publications:
  1. Корсунь А.О., Лісіна Л.Р., Пілюгін Л.С., Алікаєва К.В., Бурлов-Васильєв К.О., Данилевський В.О., Іванчук В.І., Кислюк В.С., Климишин І.А. , Ковальчук Г.У., Костик Р.І., Ненахова К.М., Перетятко М.М., Переход О.В., Родрігес М.Г., Тельнюк-Адамчук В.В., Шульман Л.М., Е.Г. Яновицький Е.Г. Астрономічний енциклопедичний словник/ За заг. ред. І. А. Климишина та А. О. Корсунь.- Львів: Головна астрономічна обсерваторія НАН України, 2003.- 548с.
  2. Климишин И.А. Астрономия наших дней .- М.: Наука, 1980.-456 с.
  3. Климишин И. А. Ударные волны в оболочках звезд 1984. - 217 с.
  4. Климишин И. А. Релятивистская астрономия.-М.: Наука, 1983

Sources:
  1 uk.unionpedia.org
  2 gazeta1.com
  3 протокол V з'їзду Української Астрономічної Асоціації
  4 dc.lviv.ua