Lidiya Tseraskaya

Lidiya Tseraskaya (Russian: Лидия Петровна Цераская) (1855–1931) was a Soviet astronomer.[1]

Tseraskaya was born in Astrakhan, and graduated from the Teacher's Institute in Petersberg. She worked at the Moscow Observatory, where she discovered 219 variable stars; among them (1905) RV Tauri variable and recognized its uniqueness. The Venusian crater Tseraskaya was named after her.[1][2] Her academic papers were published as "W. Ceraski".[3]

Tseraskaya was married to Vitold Cerasky (1849–1925), also known as Vitol'd Karlovic Tseraskiy, who was Professor of Astronomy as Moscow University and director at the Moscow Observatory (105), after whom asteroid 807 Ceraskia and lunar crater Tseraskiy were named.[3][4]

References
  1. "Tseraskaya on Venus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. (in English) FindTheData : Where does the name for the astrogeological feature Tseraskaya come from? Archived 2013-07-04 at Archive.today
  3. Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine; Jarrell, Richard A.; Marché, Jordan D.; Ragep, F. Jamil (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Bibcode:2009bea..book.....H.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(807) Ceraskia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 75. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_808. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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