Nikolai P. Barabashov
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Russian astronomer.
Barabashov graduated from Kharkov University, Ukraine, 1919; served as Director, Kharkov Observatory, 1930; Professor, Kharkov University, 1934; Rector, Kharkov University, 1943-1946. He became a member of the Ukraine Academy of Sciences in 1948.
He was a co-author of the ground breaking publication of the first pictures of the far side of the Moon in 1961, called Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon. A crater on Mars was named in his honor.
[edit] Sources
 |
This astronomer-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
