Asteroids named after people called Andrej

(4228) Nemiro

Andrej Antonovich Nemiro (1909-1995) worked at the Pulkovo Observatory for more than 50 years and was one of the distinguished successors to the scientific traditions of the Pulkovo Astrometry School. The name was suggested by the Pulkovo Observatory.Discovered 25 July 1968 by Plyugin, G. A., Belyaev, Yu. A., Cerro El Roble

(4781) Sladkovic

Named in memory of Andrej Sládkovič (1820–1872), Slovak poet and author of the poem “Marina”.Discovered 3 October 1980 by Z. Vavrova, Klet

(5483) Cherkashin

Andrej Andreevich Cherkashin (1920-1993) was a literary scholar and historian, researcher of A. S. Pushkin's genealogy and author of The Millennial Family Tree of Pushkin.Discovered 17 October 1990 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(6679) Gurzhij

Andrej Nikolaevich Gurzhij (b. 1946) is a well-known Ukrainian specialist on the technique of information measurement. Author of monographs on information techniques and many text-books for students, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the world-wide intellectual property organization in 2002.Discovered 16 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(7858) Bolotov

Andrej Timofeevich Bolotov (1738-1833) was a Russian writer, scientist, agriculturist, selectionist, forester and builder of parks.Discovered 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(8142) Zolotov

Named in honor of Andrej Andreevich Zolotov (b. 1937), Russian screenwriter and art and music critic. He is the author of more than 30 documentary films about Russian musicians, composers and conductors. Name suggested by G. Sviridov and supported by the discoverer.Discovered 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina, Nauchnyj

(8151) Andranada

Andrej Vladimirovich Shakhov (b. 1954) works in the faculty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat at the Nizhnij Novgorod State Medical Academy. His wife, Natalia Mikhailovna Shakhova (b. 1957) works in the faculty of midwifery and gynecology.Discovered 12 August 1986 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(8477) Andrejkiselev

Andrej Petrovich Kiselev (1852-1940) was a Russian teacher of mathematics. For more than 50 years, pupils in Russian secondary school learned from his textbooks. His algebra textbook was reprinted 42 times and his geometry textbook 24 times, most recently in 1980.Discovered 6 September 1986 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(8612) Burov

Andrej Konstantinovich Burov (1900-1957) was a Russian architect and inventor who developed projects involving prefabricated blocks of flats.Discovered 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(9565) Tikhonov

Russian mathematician Andrej Nikolaevich Tikhonov (1906–1993), a professor at Moscow State University, is known for his fundamental research in topology, functional analysis, theory of differential and integral equations, mathematical physics and computational mathematics.Discovered 18 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(12704) Tupolev

Andrej Nikolaevich Tupolev (1888-1972) is known worldwide as an airplane designer. More than 100 types of airplanes were created under his guidance, including the first passenger jet aircraft Tu-104. Among the many notable accomplishments of his airplanes was the flight from Moscow over the North Pole to the U.S.A. in 1937.Discovered 24 September 1990 by Zhuravleva, L. V., Kastel', G. R., Nauchnyj

(30725) Klimov

Andrej Andreevich Klimov (b. 1922) is a choreographer and producer, People's artist of the USSR and Russia, State prize winner, patriarch of Russian dance, and the author of Principles of Russian Folk Dance.Discovered 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj

(48410) Kolmogorov

Andrej Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903-1987) was a Russian academician, professor at the Moscow State University, and outstanding mathematician. He was one of the founders of the modern theory of probability who made contributions to many fields of mathematics.Discovered 23 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(92389) Gretskij

Andrej M. Gretskij (b. 1945) is an associate professor at Kharkiv Karazin National University. He has been a pioneer in the study of the brightness-phase curve of Saturn's rings and is author of many astronomical textbooks. His lectures have had a big impact among students of astronomy in Ukraine.Discovered 3 May 2000 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P., Ondrejov