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Ary Sternfeld | |
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| Born | 14 May 1905 |
| Died | 5 July 1980 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Alma mater | Nancy-Université |
| Occupation(s) | Rocket engineer and designer |
| Spouse | Gustava Erlich |
Ary Sternfeld (14 May 1905 – 5 July 1980) was co-creator of the modern aerospace science. He was a Polish engineer of Jewish origin, who studied in Poland and France. From 1935 until his death he worked in Moscow.
He was the first person to describe the bi-elliptic transfer technique of changing orbits, in 1934.[1]
In 1934, Sternfeld won the Prix REP-Hirsch (later known as the Prix d'Astronautique) of the French Astronomical Society for his book Initiation à la Cosmonautique.[2] He is thus credited with introducing the word cosmonautics in the language of science and engineering.[3]
- ^ Sternfeld, Ary (19 February 1934). "Sur les trajectoires permettant d'approcher d'un corps attractif central à partir d'une orbite keplérienne donnée" [On the allowed trajectories for approaching a central attractive body from a given Keplerian orbit]. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences (in French). 198 (1). Paris: 711–713.
- ^ "l'Astronomie" (in French). January 1934. pp. 325–326.
- ^ Gruntman, Mike (2007). From astronautics to cosmonautics. Booksurge. ISBN 9781419670855.