Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Russian: Людмила Георгиевна Карачкина, born 3 September 1948, Rostov-on-Don) is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[2]
In 1978 she began as a staff astronomer of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) at Leningrad. Her research at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) then focused on astrometry and photometry of minor planets.[2][3] The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 130 minor planets, including the Amor asteroid 5324 Lyapunov and the Trojan asteroid 3063 Makhaon.[1] In 2004, she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.[4]
Lyudmila Karachkina has two daughters, Maria and Renata. The inner main-belt asteroid 8019 Karachkina, discovered by German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg on 14 October 1990, was named in her honor (M.P.C. 35489).[2][5] On 23 November 1999, the minor planet 8089 Yukar was named after her husband, Yurij Vasil'evicht Karachkin (b. 1940), a physics teacher at CrAO's school.(M.P.C. 36946).[5][6]
List of discovered minor planets
| 2892 Filipenko |
January 13, 1983 |
MPC
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| 3063 Makhaon |
August 4, 1983 |
MPC
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| 3067 Akhmatova |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 3068 Khanina |
December 23, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3215 Lapko |
January 23, 1980 |
MPC
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| 3286 Anatoliya |
January 23, 1980 |
MPC
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| 3345 Tarkovskij |
December 23, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3437 Kapitsa |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3453 Dostoevsky |
September 27, 1981 |
MPC
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| 3469 Bulgakov |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3508 Pasternak |
February 21, 1980 |
MPC
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| 3511 Tsvetaeva |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 3516 Rusheva |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3620 Platonov |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 3623 Chaplin |
October 4, 1981 |
MPC
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| 3624 Mironov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 3668 Ilfpetrov |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3669 Vertinskij |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3675 Kemstach |
December 23, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3750 Ilizarov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3772 Piaf |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 3946 Shor |
March 5, 1983 |
MPC
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| 3982 Kastelʹ |
May 2, 1984 |
MPC
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| 4017 Disneya |
February 21, 1980 |
MPC
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| 4071 Rostovdon |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 4075 Sviridov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 4080 Galinskij |
August 4, 1983 |
MPC
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| 4258 Ryazanov |
September 1, 1987 |
MPC
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| 4475 Voitkevich |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 4483 Petofi |
September 9, 1986 |
MPC
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| 4556 Gumilyov |
August 27, 1987 |
MPC
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| 4625 Shchedrin |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 4626 Plisetskaya |
December 23, 1984 |
MPC
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| 4741 Leskov |
November 10, 1985 |
MPC
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| 4785 Petrov |
December 17, 1984 |
MPC
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| 4861 Nemirovskij |
August 27, 1987 |
MPC
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| 4928 Vermeer |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 4940 Polenov |
August 18, 1986 |
MPC
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| 4996 Veisberg |
August 11, 1986 |
MPC
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| 4997 Ksana |
October 6, 1986 |
MPC
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| 5021 Krylania |
November 13, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5093 Svirelia |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5094 Seryozha |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5199 Dortmund |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 5234 Sechenov |
November 4, 1989 |
MPC
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| 5247 Krylov |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5316 Filatov |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5324 Lyapunov |
September 22, 1987 |
MPC
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| 5421 Ulanova |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 5422 Hodgkin |
December 23, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5465 Chumakov |
September 9, 1986 |
MPC
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| 5615 Iskander |
August 4, 1983 |
MPC
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| 5666 Rabelais |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5676 Voltaire |
September 9, 1986 |
MPC
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| 5717 Damir |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5759 Zoshchenko |
January 22, 1980 |
MPC
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| 5808 Babelʹ |
August 27, 1987 |
MPC
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| 5896 Narrenschiff |
November 12, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5902 Talima |
August 27, 1987 |
MPC
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| 5941 Valencia |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 5944 Utesov |
May 2, 1984 |
MPC
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| 6032 Nobel |
August 4, 1983 |
MPC
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| 6172 Prokofeana |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 6592 Goya |
October 3, 1986 |
MPC
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| 6763 Kochiny |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 6766 Kharms |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 6767 Shirvindt |
January 6, 1983 |
MPC
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| 6821 Ranevskaya |
September 29, 1986 |
MPC
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| 7109 Heine |
September 1, 1983 |
MPC
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| 7113 Ostapbender |
September 29, 1986 |
MPC
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| 7223 Dolgorukij |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 7558 Yurlov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 7581 Yudovich |
November 14, 1990 |
MPC
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| 7632 Stanislav |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 7633 Volodymyr |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 7741 Fedoseev |
September 1, 1983 |
MPC
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| 7995 Khvorostovsky |
August 4, 1983 |
MPC
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| 7996 Vedernikov |
September 1, 1983 |
MPC
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| 8142 Zolotov |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 8332 Ivantsvetaev |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC[1]
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| 8811 Waltherschmadel |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 8812 Kravtsov |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 8816 Gamow |
December 17, 1984 |
MPC
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| 8822 Shuryanka |
September 1, 1987 |
MPC
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| 9005 Sidorova |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 9006 Voytkevych |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 9532 Abramenko |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 9539 Prishvin |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 9540 Mikhalkov |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 9737 Dudarova |
September 29, 1986 |
MPC
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| 9834 Kirsanov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 9927 Tyutchev |
October 3, 1981 |
MPC
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| 10012 Tmutarakania |
September 3, 1978 |
MPC [2]
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| 10031 Vladarnolda |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 10049 Vorovich |
October 3, 1986 |
MPC
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| 10090 Sikorsky |
October 13, 1990 |
MPC[3]
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| 10287 Smale |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 10324 Vladimirov |
November 14, 1990 |
MPC
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| 10712 Malashchuk |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 10713 Limorenko |
October 22, 1982 |
MPC
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| 10721 Tuterov |
August 17, 1986 |
MPC
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| 11269 Knyr |
August 26, 1987 |
MPC
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| 11796 Nirenberg |
February 21, 1980 |
MPC
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| 12214 Miroshnikov |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 12220 Semenchur |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 12235 Imranakperov |
September 9, 1986 |
MPC
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| 12686 Bezuglyj |
October 3, 1986 |
MPC
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| 13488 Savanov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 13489 Dmitrienko |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 13492 Vitalijzakharov |
December 27, 1984 |
MPC
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| 14814 Gurij |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 14818 Mindeli |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 14829 Povalyaeva |
October 3, 1986 |
MPC
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| 15691 Maslov |
October 14, 1982 |
MPC
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| 18334 Drozdov |
September 2, 1987 |
MPC
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| 19119 Dimpna |
September 27, 1981 |
MPC
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| 19120 Doronina |
August 6, 1983 |
MPC
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| 19127 Olegefremov |
August 26, 1987 |
MPC
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| 19952 Ashkinazi |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 19994 Tresini |
October 13, 1990 |
MPC[3]
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| 24639 Mukhametdinov |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 24641 Enver |
September 1, 1983 |
MPC
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| 26087 Zhuravleva |
October 21, 1982 |
MPC
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| 29122 Vasadze |
December 24, 1982 |
MPC
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| 29125 Kyivphysfak |
December 17, 1984 |
MPC
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| 32770 Starchik |
December 23, 1984 |
MPC
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| 42478 Inozemtseva |
September 7, 1981 |
MPC
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| 43752 Maryosipova |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 65658 Gurnikovskaya |
October 20, 1982 |
MPC
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| 69261 Philaret |
December 23, 1982 |
MPC
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See also
References