Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev (Михаил Михайлович Тетяев in Russian
) (September 11(23), 1882, Nizhny Novgorod
- October 11, 1956, Leningrad
) was a Soviet tectonic geologist
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The wrinkle ridge Dorsa Tetyaev
on the Moon
is named after Mikhail Tetyaev.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
) (September 11(23), 1882, Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
- October 11, 1956, Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) was a Soviet tectonic geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
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The wrinkle ridge Dorsa Tetyaev
Dorsa Tetyaev
Dorsa Tetyaev is a wrinkle ridge system at in Mare Crisium on the Moon. It is 176 km long and was named after Mikhail Mikhailovich Tetyaev in 1979....
on the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
is named after Mikhail Tetyaev.