Asteroids named after people called Yakov
馃懚 Yakov as a baby name
Yakov Semenovich Lapovok (b. 1932) is a radio engineer and inventor, scientific secretary of the A. S. Popov Museum at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University. His name and voice are known to radio amateurs throughout the world.Discovered 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj
Russian theoretical physicist Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (1914-1987) was the author of classic works on nuclear physics, the physics of combustion and explosion, astrophysics and cosmology. The name was suggested by the Institute of Applied Astronomy.Discovered 29 August 1973 by T. M. Smirnova, Nauchnyj
Yakov Efimovich Sivers (1731-1808) was an outstanding Russian statesman, governor of Novgorod province. As the founder and director of the Waterways Communications Department he made an invaluable contribution to navigation in Russia. In particular, he reconstructed the old canals between the Volga and Neva rivers.Discovered 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva, Nauchnyj
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