Sergey Belyavsky

Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Беля́вский; December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 numbered minor planets.[1]

Minor planets discovered: 36 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

His last name is also alternatively spelled Beljavskij (name under which the Minor Planet Center credits him) or Beljawskij. His first name is occasionally given as "Sergius". He was born in St. Petersburg and was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. His field of work included astrophotometry, astrometry, and the study of variable stars. He died in Leningrad.

He discovered the bright naked-eye comet C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky), also known according to the nomenclature of the time as "Comet 1911 IV" or "Comet 1911g". Belyavsky observed at Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea. Between 1937 and 1944, Belyavsky was the seventh director of the Pulkovo Observatory, where he succeeded Boris Gerasimovich.

List of discovered minor planets
749 Malzovia5 April 1913list
812 Adele8 September 1915list
849 Ara9 February 1912list
850 Altona27 March 1916list
851 Zeissia2 April 1916list
852 Wladilena2 April 1916list
853 Nansenia2 April 1916list
854 Frostia3 April 1916list
855 Newcombia3 April 1916list
856 Backlunda3 April 1916list
857 Glasenappia6 April 1916list
885 Ulrike23 September 1917list
969 Leocadia5 November 1921list
978 Aidamina18 May 1922list
981 Martina23 September 1917list
995 Sternberga8 June 1923list
1001 Gaussia8 August 1923list
1004 Belopolskya5 September 1923list
1005 Arago5 September 1923list
1006 Lagrangea12 September 1923list
1031 Arctica6 June 1924list
1062 Ljuba11 October 1925list
1065 Amundsenia4 August 1926list
1074 Beljawskya26 January 1925list
1084 Tamariwa12 February 1926list
1086 Nata25 August 1927list [A]
1094 Siberia12 February 1926list
1118 Hanskya29 August 1927list [A]
1153 Wallenbergia5 September 1924list
1224 Fantasia29 August 1927list [A]
1621 Druzhba1 October 1926list
1874 Kacivelia5 September 1924list
1984 Fedynskij10 October 1926list
2156 Kate23 September 1917list
3134 Kostinsky5 November 1921list
4509 Gorbatskij23 September 1917list
Co-discovery made with:
A N. Ivanov

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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