Asteroids named after people called Gennady

(32735) Strekalov

Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (1940-2004) was a Russian cosmonaut, who spent 268 days in space during five missions, and who performed six spacewalks. He was a member of the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics, Chairman of the Russian Peace Committee and President of the Association of Space Explorers.Discovered 27 September 1978 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(237265) Golobokov

Gennady G. Golobokov (1935-1978) was a talented fiction-artist, bed-ridden for 26 years following a spinal injury, considered to be the founder of psychological fiction in painting. Heroes in his pictures represented spirituality, responsibility and moral purity.Discovered 28 November 2008 by , Zelenchukskaya Stn 77509 Kryachko, T. V.

(425509) Valyavin

Gennady Valyavin (b. 1965) is a Russian astrophysicist and the director of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. He is a specialist in the fields of spectroscopy, exoplanet research, and stellar magnetic fields. Gennady is a designer of stellar spectrographs.Discovered 7 May 2010 by B. Satovski T. V. Kryachko, Zelenchukskaya