Sofia Romanskaya

Sofia Romanskaya (1886–1969) was a Soviet astronomer known as one the first Russian women to have a significant role in the field.

Biography

Sofia (also spelled Sofya) Vasilievna Voroshilova-Romanskaya was born in St. Petersburg. She graduated from the Bestuzhev Courses, a prominent women's educational institution of the Russian Empire.[1] Romanskaya worked at the Pulkovo Observatory from 1908 to 1959.[2] There, she carried out over 20,000 latitude observations in her studies of polar motion.[3] She was a member of the International Astronomical Union and attended the organization's 1958 General Assembly in Moscow.[4]

The asteroid (3761) Romanskaya, discovered by Grigory Neujmin in 1936, was named after Romanskaya. A crater on Venus also bears her name.[5]

References
  1. "Ворошилова-Романская Софья Васильевна". Astronet. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "(3761) Romanskaya". IAU Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. Rykhlova, L. K. (1995). "Women-Astronomers of Former USSR". Highlights of Astronomy. Vol. 10: 98–100. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. Sadler, D. H., ed. (1960). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union: Volume X, Tenth General Assembly Held At Moscow. Cambridge University Press. pp. 66, 271, 275, 767.
  5. "Venus Crater Database, Romanskaya". Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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