Citizenship USSR Died February 21, 2001 Role Astronomer | Name Sergei Zhevakin Nationality Russian Fields Astronomy | |
Institutions Radio Physics Institute, Gorky Alma mater State University of Gorky Known for pulsation mechanism for variable stars Education N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod | ||
Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin (Russian: Серге́й Александрович Жевакин) (April 11, 1916 – February 21, 2001) was a Russian astronomer.
Zhevakin is credited for identifying ionized helium as the valve for the heat engine that drives the pulsation of Cepheid variable stars.
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