Mikhail Lidov

Mikhail Lidov
Born
Mikhail Lvovich Lidov

(1926-10-04)4 October 1926[2]
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died30 December 1993(1993-12-30) (aged 67)[2]
Moscow, Russia
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forKozai mechanism
ChildrenAleksey Lidov
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Doctoral advisorLeonid Sedov

Mikhail Lvovich Lidov (Russian: Михаи́л Льво́вич Ли́дов, 4 October 1926 – 30 December 1993) was a Soviet and Russian astronomer specialising in celestial mechanics. He is best known for discovering, simultaneously with Yoshihide Kozai, the Kozai mechanism.

In 1960, he was awarded the Lenin Prize for his contributions to the Soviet space program.[3]

The asteroid 4236 Lidov, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22501).[4]

  1. ^ A., Vashkov'yak M. "On scientific activity of Professor M.L.Lidov and on the development of his studies on the orbital satellites evolution (for 80-th anniversary)". Главное Меню Администратора (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. ^ a b "Lidov Michail L'vovich (1926-1993)". Astronomy Letters. 20 (3): 337–338. May 1994. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. ^ Shevchenko, Ivan I. (2017). "The Lidov-Kozai Effect - Applications in Exoplanet Research and Dynamical Astronomy". Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Cham: Springer International Publishing. p. 10. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43522-0. ISBN 978-3-319-43520-6. ISSN 0067-0057.
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