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Alla Genrikhovna Masevich (October 9, 1918 — May 6, 2008) was a Soviet astronomer. She graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University. She served as deputy chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1952, and worked closely with Victor Ambartsumian. She became a professor of space geodesy at the Moscow Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in 1972.[1]

Alla Masevich
Alla Masevich
Born	(1918-10-09)October 9, 1918
Died	May 6, 2008(2008-05-06) (aged 89)
Citizenship	Georgian
Alma mater	Gosudarstvennom Astronomuheskom Institut
Spouse(s)	Josif N. Friedlander
Children	Natasha Josifovna Friedlander
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy

She is known for her work in organizing groups to observe some of the first Russian satellites (1956–57). Masevitch was the Russian delegate to the International Astronautical Federation Congress following the 1957 Sputnik launch and presented a paper on optical tracking of satellites.[2]

Career

From 1952 to 1987 she held the prestigious position of Deputy Chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Akademiya Nauk Sovestskogo Soyuza.[3] During her tenure at the Academy, she led a team in 1957 to monitor Soviet satellites which included Sputnik. in

In 1961 she visited London and, with Sir Patrick Moore, gave a talk at the Royal Festival Hall.

In 1987 she left the Academy to become Chairman of the Astrosoviets, the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences USSR.[3][4]

Awards and honors

• Foreign membership into the United Kingdom’s Royal Astronomical Society (1963)[3]

Personal life

Alla Masevich (or Massevitch) was born in Tbilisi as the eldest child of Natalia A. Zhgenti, a Georgian nurse, and Genrikh C. Massevitch, a lawyer.[5] Masevich married Josif N. Friedlander and they had one daughter together, Natasha Josifovna Friedlander.[3]

References

Sources

• Karl Ledersteger, in Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie (Erdmessung). Band V von Jordan-Eggert-Kneissl, Handbuch der Vermessungskunde. Verlag J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart 1969, DNB 456892842.
• A.G.Massewitsch (1957): Aufbau und Evolution der Unterriesen
• JPL-Datenbank: Asteroid 1904 Massevitch (1972 JM)

На других языках

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[de] Alla Genrichowna Massewitsch

Alla Genrichowna Massewitsch (russisch Алла Генриховна Масевич; * 9. Oktober 1918 in Tiflis; † 2. Mai 2008 in Moskau) war eine russische Astronomin mit den hauptsächlichen Arbeitsgebieten Astrophysik (u. a. Sternentwicklung) und Höhere Geodäsie. Als Vizepräsidentin des Astronomical Council der Sowjetischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und rechte Hand von Wiktor Hambardsumjan fungierte sie u. a. als Verbindungsglied zu westlichen Vereinigungen von Astronomie und Geodäsie.

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- [en] Alla Masevich

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[es] Ala Masévich

Ala Guénrijovna Masévich (Tiflis, 9 de octubre de 1918 - 6 de mayo de 2008) fue una astrónoma soviética. Se graduó de la Universidad Pedagógica Estatal de Moscú. Se desempeñó como vicepresidenta del Consejo Astronómico de la Academia de Ciencias de la URSS en 1952 y trabajó en estrecha colaboración con Víktor Ambartsumián. Se convirtió en profesora de geodesia espacial en el Instituto de Geodesia y Cartografía de Moscú en 1972. [1]

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[ru] Масевич, Алла Генриховна

А́лла Ге́нриховна Масе́вич (9 октября 1918, Тбилиси — 6 мая 2008, Москва) — советский и российский астроном, доктор физико-математических наук, профессор, заслуженный деятель науки РСФСР (1978). Лауреат Государственной премии СССР (1975).

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