Asteroids named after people called Mikhail
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Named for Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857), celebrated composer and the acknowledged founder of Russian classical music.Discovered 27 September 1973 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named for the great Russian poet Mikhail Yur'evich Lermontov (1814-1841).Discovered 19 September 1977 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named in memory of Mikhail Leontʹevich Milʹ (1909–1970), scientist and designer of helicopters with which 60 official world records were set.Discovered 8 September 1980 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
Named in memory of Mikhail Mikhajlovich Gromov (1899-1985), well-known Russian pilot who set the world record for long-distance flight in 1934 when his aircraft flew more than 12 000 kilometers. In 1937, together with A. Yumashev and S. Danilin, he completed a nonstop flight from Moscow, over the North Pole, to the United States. He was the first Russian pilot to win the de Lawo medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Gromov also tested a great number of new aircraft. He was the founder of the State Research Center of Russia “Flying Research Institute”, now named for him.Discovered 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named in honor of Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov (b. 1948), Russian satirist widely known for his masterful readings of his own short stories.Discovered 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named in honor of the Russian writer Mikhail Zhvanetskij (b. 1934), whose satirical talent has won nation-wide recognition. He won the international festival “Gold Ostap” in 1993 and the independent prize “Triumph” in 1995. He is also an honorary citizen of Odessa, president of the World-Wide Club of Odessa Citizens and holder of the order “Friendship of peoples”.Discovered 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Named in honor of Mikhail Vasil'evich Grinev (b. 1929), outstanding Russian surgeon, director of St. Petersburg Djanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine from 1984 to 1998, member of the board of directors of the European Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, professor of St. Petersburg Medical University and medical academy for postgraduate training. Grinev is internationally renowned for his classic research in the field of emergency surgery, polytrauma and shock. Name suggested by the Institute of Applied Astronomy and Djanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine.Discovered 26 September 1971 by T. M. Smirnova, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Nikitich Muraviov (1757-1807), a representative of an old Russian gentry family, was well known as a poet and a literary man. He was an assistant minister of education and an administrator of Moscow State University, where he inaugurated the department of astronomy and built the observatory.Discovered 25 September 1981 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Russian field marshal Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1675-1730) was a participant in the Azov campaign of 1695-1696 and the Northern war of 1700-1721. From 1728 he was president of the Military Board and a member of the Supreme Secret Council.Discovered 25 October 1982 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908), founder of the Russian chess school, was Russian chess champion from 1899 to 1906. He gained victories in international chess tournaments in New York (1889), Budapest (1896) and Vienna (1903).Discovered 3 October 1972 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
Soviet mathematician Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrent'ev (1900-1980) was the first head of the Siberian Department of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. His son Mikhail Mikhailovich Lavrent'ev (b. 1932) also works in mathematical physics.Discovered 22 September 1979 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Krasnogolovets (b. 1960), professor of radioelectronics at Kharkov National Technical University, specializes in the physics of elementary particles, accelerators and lasers. He is known in particular for his work on a high-energy laser for astrophysical research.Discovered 27 September 1978 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Yakovlevich Marov (b. 1933), professor and head of the planetary department at Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, is one of the initiators and scientific leaders of research of Venus and Mars from space. He is also currently the president of IAU Division III.Discovered 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Mikhailovich Miroshnikov (b. 1926) was director of the Vavilov State Optical Institute from 1966 to 1989. He developed airborne detection instruments and imaging systems for industrial applications and medical diagnostics in the infrared and far-infrared regions that were used for space investigations.Discovered 7 September 1981 by L. G. Karachkina, Nauchnyj
From 1957 to 1962 Mikhail Grigorʹevich Grigorʹev (1917–1981) was chief of the space-vehicle launch site now known as the Plesetsk cosmodrome. Under his leadership and thanks to his strong will this cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia became the most active in the world.Discovered 19 September 1982 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Mikhail Mikhailovich Potapov (b. 1904) is a distinctive Russian painter who made a series of icon works in the twelfth-century Byzantine manner for several temples. He is especially known for his outstanding paintings and portraits in the ancient Egyptian style.Discovered 9 August 1978 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I., Nauchnyj
Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948) is a Russian-born American ballet dancer, choreographer, and actor. Baryshnikov is one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century. His acrobatic prowess and iconic choreography—combined with his acting roles on- and off Broadway, TV, and in movies—thrust ballet into popular culture.Discovered 5 August 1991 by H. E. Holt, Palomar
Mikhail Klenov (b. 1987) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his chemistry project. He also received the Intel Foundation Achievement Award. He attends the Moscow Chemical Lyceum, Moscow, Russia.Discovered 10 October 1999 by LINEAR, Socorro
Mikhail Leonidovich Sveshnikov (b. 1941) is a well-known expert in celestial mechanics and astrometry. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Russian Naval Astronomical Almanac. From 2001 to 2004, he headed the Laboratory of the astronomical yearbooks of the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Discovered 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
Mikhail Alexandrovich Smirnov (1954-2006), on the staff of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, studied the minor bodies of the solar system, artificial satellites and the evolution of galaxies. He also made a contribution to popular astronomy in Russia. The name was suggested by S. I. Barabanov.Discovered 20 August 2001 by Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Simeis
Mikhail Ivanovich Lavrov (1927-2002) was an astrophysicist and a professor at Kazan University. He was a brilliant teacher of practical astrophysics, researcher on eclipsing binary stars, and one of the pioneers of computer analysis and modeling of light curves in the 1970s.Discovered 23 September 2009 by , Zelenchukskaya Stn118222 Kryachko, T. V.
Mikhail A. Nazarov (1949–2016) headed the Laboratory of Meteoritics at the Vernadsky Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. He was recognized for his research on lunar rocks, meteorites, and cosmochemistry, and he trained many renowned scientists in meteoritics. He held an eminent position in the Committee on Meteorites in Russia.Discovered 28 September 2011 by Kryachko, T., Satovski, B., Zelenchukskaya Stn
Mikhail Kuzmin (b. 1938) is a Siberian geologist and a specialist in the chemical geodynamics of the Earth’s crust. He is the organizer of and participant in geochemical studies of Siberia and Lake Baikal.Discovered 3 November 2011 by Kryachko, T., Satovski, B., Zelenchukskaya Stn
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