Prokofieva (Mikhaylovska) Valentina Vladimirovna General data:
Born: 21.04.1929
Place of birth: Leningrad city, Leningrad Region, Russian SSR
Studied in: A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad Order of Lenin State University (since 1991 St. Petersburg State University) (1948-1953);
Key interests: photometry of Solar System bodies, photographic astrometry, informatic technologies, photometry, instruments and devices, variable stars. PhD Thesis: Photoelectric observations of variable stars in the infrared spectrum (1962 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University); ScD Thesis: Television photometry of stars and planets (1983 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University);
Biography:
She was born on April 21, 1929 in the Leningrad city of Leningrad region of the Russian SSR.
In 1953, she graduated from the A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad Order of Lenin State University, where she entered in 1948.
Since 1953, she studied at the graduate school of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
An employee of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
In 1962, she defended her PhD thesis "Photoelectric observations of variable stars in the infrared region of the spectrum" at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. V. B. Nikonov was its scientific supervisor.
In 1983, she defended her doctoral thesis "Television Photometry of Stars and Planets" (another name is "Television in Astronomy") at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Since 1984 - leading researcher. In 2005, she received the title of professor.
Together with O. M. Abramenko, N. I. Bondar, V. A. Mayer, O. P. Pavlenko, and L. M. Sharipova, they developed a television complex for photometric and spectrophotometric studies of stars, which was installed at 0.5 meniscus telescope MTM-500 (F/13) at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. In particular, together with N.I. Bondar, they developed a methodology and software for obtaining the energy distributions of faint stars in this complex.
In 1996, she became a laureate of the Barabashov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She received 10 medals.
It is a member of the international astronomical Eurasian Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union.
She is the author of 150 scientific works.
In 1995, minor planet No. 6172 was named Prokofeana.
V.V. Prokofieva is the founder of television astronomy. She showed that the peculiarities of the television method of observation determine the spheres of its application in astronomy. A band from Moscow City led by V.F. Anisimov and the engineer of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory A.M. Abramenko. Television was used to study the light curves of stars exhibiting rapid variability. Observations were carried out on the half-meter Maksutov telescope of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. The light receiver was a three-chamber Electron-Optical converter, which allowed for weak stars to increase the quantum output by about 30 times compared to the classical photographic method used at the time.
During 1957-2014, research was conducted on the bodies of the Solar System. Observations of Mars were carried out during three confrontations, 1969–1971–1974. About 80,000 images were obtained in 4 and 10 spectral regions. For the first time, an explanation was provided for the blue skylights on Mars. Compiled "Atlas of television pictures of Mars". Previously, the appearance of Halley's comet at the level of about 19 magnitude was detected earlier than anyone else in the world. V.V. Satellites of asteroids were discovered for the first time by V / V. Prokofieva. Observations of asteroid 87 Silvia have shown that the asteroid is double. This was done 2 years before the Galileo spacecraft photographed a satellite of asteroid Ida in 1993. Together with V.V. Busarev who is an employee of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. developed a method for determining the size of spots on the surfaces of small bodies of the Solar System, which was done for the first time in the world.
V.V. Prokofieva participated in televised observations of artificial satellites and space vehicles going to the Moon, Venus and other planets for the purpose of their remote control.
Under the leadership of V.V. More than 30 astronomers have gone through Prokofiev's practice, and more than 10 candidate theses have been defended on the basis of the observations obtained.
Main publications:
1. Астероидальные спутниковые системы и их связь с семействами / Л. Г. Карачкина, В. В. Прокофьева // Всероссийская астрон. конф.: тез. докл. — СПб.: НИИХ СПбГУ, 2001. — С. 82.
2. 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
3. Свидетельства сложной структуры астероида 21 Лютеция / В. В. Прокофьева - Михайловская, Ю. В. Батраков, В. В. Бочков,.. Л. Г. Карачкина и др. // Астрон. вестник.- 2007.- Т. 41, № 4.- С. 337 - 344.
4. Телевизионный комплекс малого телескопа для астрофизических исследований/Абраменко А. Н., Прокофьев В. В. , Бондарь Н. И. , Майер В. А., Павленко Е. П., Шарипова Л. М. // Изв. Крым. астрофиз. обсерв., 1988, 78, С.182-192
Sources:
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