Jean Kovalevsky

Jean Kovalevsky (May 18, 1929 – August 17, 2018) was a French astronomer, specializing in celestial mechanics. He is known as a primary initiator (with Pierre Lacroute) and a leader of the Hipparcos space experiment.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Jean Kovalevsky (1929–2018)". Gai Mission website, European Space Agency (ESA). 2018-08-21.
  2. ^ Kovalevsky, J. (1998). "First results from Hipparcos". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 36 (1). Annual Reviews: 99–129. Bibcode:1998ARA&A..36...99K. doi:10.1146/annurev.astro.36.1.99. ISSN 0066-4146.
  3. ^ Høg, Erik (2018). "Astrometry history: Hipparcos from 1964 to 1980". arXiv:1804.10881. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)