Sternberg Astronomical Institute
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The Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Государственный астрономический институт имени Штернберга in Russian), also known as GAISh (ГАИШ), is a research institution in Moscow
, Russia
, a division of Moscow State University
. The institute is named after astronomer
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg
.
The asteroid
14789 GAISH
was named in its honour.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a division of Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. The institute is named after astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg was a Russian astronomer and revolutionary, who contributed to the abolition of the government by Alexander Kerensky. He was friends with two notable figures, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky...
.
The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
14789 GAISH
14789 GAISH
14789 GAISH is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.- External links :*...
was named in its honour.