Alexander Dubyago

Soviet astronomer (1903–1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander Dmitriyevich Dubyago (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Дубяго; December 5 (18), 1903, Kazan - October 29, 1959, Kazan) was a Soviet astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics, who also discovered the faint periodic comet, C/1921 H1, on April 1921.[1] He was in charge of the Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University from 1941 until 1946.

The lunar crater Dubyago is named after him and his father, Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago.[2]

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