Alla Masevich
Alla Masevich | |
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 Alla Masevich | |
| Born | October 9, 1918 |
| Died | May 6, 2008 (aged 89) |
| Citizenship | Georgian |
| Alma mater | Gosudarstvennom Astronomuheskom Institut |
| Spouse | Josif N. Friedlander |
| Children | Natasha Josifovna Friedlander |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
Alla Genrikhovna Masevich (October 9, 1918 — May 6, 2008) was a Soviet astronomer. She graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University. She served as deputy chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1952, and worked closely with Victor Ambartsumian. She became a professor of space geodesy at the Moscow Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in 1972.[1]
She is known for her work in organizing groups to observe some of the first Russian satellites (1956–57). Masevitch was the Russian delegate to the International Astronautical Federation Congress following the 1957 Sputnik launch and presented a paper on optical tracking of satellites.[2]
Career
From 1952 to 1987 she held the prestigious position of Deputy Chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Akademiya Nauk Sovestskogo Soyuza.[3] During her tenure at the Academy, she led a team in 1957 to monitor Soviet satellites which included Sputnik.
In 1987 she left the Academy to become Chairman of the Astrosoviets, the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences USSR.[3][4]
Awards and honors
- Foreign membership into the United Kingdom’s Royal Astronomical Society (1963)[3]
Personal life
Alla Masevich (or Massevitch) was born in Tbilisi as the eldest child of Natalia A. Zhgenti, a Georgian nurse, and Genrikh C. Massevitch, a lawyer.[5] Masevich married Josif N. Friedlander and they had one daughter together, Natasha Josifovna Friedlander.[3]
References
- ^ Lankford, John, ed. (1997). History of Astronomy An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. p. 320. ISBN 0-8153-0322-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Evert Clark (1957-10-21). "Soviet Technical, Political Gains Spur Shift in Attitude on Defense". Aviation Week. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ^ a b c d "Her name is Masevich, Alla Genrikhovna Masevich | The Channel". ingeniumcanada.org. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ Services, United States Dept of Commerce Office of Technical (1959). Information on Soviet Bloc International Geophysical Cooperation. U.S. Department of Commerce, Business and Defense Services Administration, Office of Technical Services.
- ^ The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science:L-Z by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy Harvey, p. 851
Sources
- Karl Ledersteger, in Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie (Erdmessung). Band V von Jordan-Eggert-Kneissl, Handbuch der Vermessungskunde. Verlag J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart 1969, DNB 456892842.
- A.G.Massewitsch (1957): Aufbau und Evolution der Unterriesen
- JPL-Datenbank: Asteroid 1904 Massevitch (1972 JM)
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