Klim Churyumov
Klim Ivanovich Churyumov (Ukrainian: Клим Іванович Чурюмов; 19 February 1937 – 14 October 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer.
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Churyumov in 2014 | |
| Born | Klim Ivanovich Churyumov 19 February 1937 Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 14 October 2016 (aged 79) Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union → Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
| Known for | research in physics of comets and the cosmogony of the solar system, discovery of two comets. |
| Awards | Order of Merit |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
He was the director of the Kyiv Planetarium, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the International Astronomical Union, of the New York Academy of Sciences, the editor of the magazine "Our Skies" (Ukrainian: Наше Небо) in 2006–2009, the president of the Ukrainian Society of amateur astronomy and the author of books for children.
In 1969, he discovered, with Svetlana Gerasimenko, the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko; on 12 November 2014, the Rosetta space mission landed its Philae spacecraft on its surface.
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