Lidiya Petrovna Tseraskaya
Born
Lidiya Petrovna Shelekhova

(1855-06-22)June 22, 1855
Astrakhan, Russia
DiedDecember 24, 1931(1931-12-24) (aged 76)
Known forDiscovery of variable stars
SpouseVitold Tserasky
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsMoscow Observatory

Lidiya Petrovna Tseraskaya née Shelekhova (Russian: Лидия Петровна Цераская) (22 June 1855 – 24 December 1931) was a Russian astronomer.[1]

Tseraskaya was born in Astrakhan, and graduated from the Teacher's Institute in Petersberg. She worked at the Moscow Observatory, where she discovered 219 variable stars; among them (1905) RV Tauri variable and recognized its uniqueness. The Venusian crater Tseraskaya was named after her.[1] Her academic papers were published under her husband's name, "W. Ceraski".[2]

Tseraskaya was married to Vitold Tserasky (1849–1925), also known as Vitol'd Karlovic Tseraskiy or Witold Ceraski, who was Professor of Astronomy as Moscow University and director at the Moscow Observatory (105), after whom asteroid 807 Ceraskia and lunar crater Tseraskiy were named.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tseraskaya on Venus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. 1 2 Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine; Jarrell, Richard A.; Marché, Jordan D.; Ragep, F. Jamil (2009). "The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Bibcode:2009bea..book.....H.
  3. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(807) Ceraskia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 75. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_808. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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