Grigorij Szajn
Grigorij Abramovich Szajn (Russian: Григорий Абрамович Шайн, born April 19, 1892 in Odessa, died 4 August 1956 in Moscow) is a Soviet astronomer.
He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, as well as numerous scientific associations, including the Royal Astronomical Society. In the years 1945-1952 he was the director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
He discovered three asteroids and the C / 1925 F1 non-stop comet together with Comas Solá.
Shayn Crater on the Moon was named after him.
His wife was a Piešťany Fyodorovna Shajn, also astronomer, explorer of the periodic comet 61P / Shajn-Schaldach.
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