Alexander Dubyago
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Alexander Dmitriyevich Dubyago (Александр Дмитриевич Дубяго in Russian
) (December 5(18), 1903, Kazan
- October 29, 1959, Kazan) was a Soviet
astronomer
and expert in theoretical astrophysics. The lunar crater Dubyago
is named after him and his father, Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
) (December 5(18), 1903, Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
- October 29, 1959, Kazan) was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and expert in theoretical astrophysics. The lunar crater Dubyago
Dubyago (crater)
Dubyago is a lunar crater that lies in the eastern limb of the Moon, and it appears significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. It lies along the southern shore of the Mare Undarum, to the southeast of the crater Firmicus....
is named after him and his father, Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago.