Name Grigory Neujmin Role Astronomer | Died December 17, 1946 | |
Discovered 3036 Krat, 1289 Kutaissi, 952 Caia, 1306 Scythia Similar People Eugene Joseph Delporte, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm v, Valentina Tereshkova, Vera Figner | ||
Occultation of (762) Pulcova/TYC 2314-01655-1
Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (Russian: Григорий Николаевич Неуймин; January 3 1886 [O.S. December 22, 1885]–December 17, 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Pulkovo and Simeiz Observatories during the first half of the 20th century.
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Discoveries
Neujmin is credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, and notably 951 Gaspra and 762 Pulcova. The Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name G. N. Neujmin, and his surname appears this way in the literature. However, the modern English transliteration of his name would be Neuymin.
He also discovered and co-discovered seven periodic comets, including 25D/Neujmin, 28P/Neujmin, 42P/Neujmin, 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte and 58P/Jackson–Neujmin.
Honors
The lunar crater Neujmin is named in his honour, as is 1129 Neujmina, a main-belt asteroid of the Eos family discovered by Praskovjya Parkhomenko at Simeiz Observatory in 1929.