Svetlana Gerasimenko | |
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Светлана Герасименко Світлана Герасименко | |
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Born | Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko 23 February 1945 |
Citizenship | Soviet Union → Tajikistan |
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
Known for | Comet discovery |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko (Russian: Светлана Ивановна Герасименко; Ukrainian: Світлана Іванівна Герасименко; born 1945) is a Soviet and Tajikistani astronomer origin and discoverer of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.