Nadir Baba oglu Ibrahimov (Azerbaijani: Nadir Baba oğlu İbrahimov; December 29, 1932 – January 1, 1977) was an Azerbaijani and a Soviet astronomer. A crater on Mars is named in his honor.[1][2]

Nadir Ibrahimov
Azerbaijani: Nadir İbrahimov
Born(1932-12-29)29 December 1932
Died1 January 1977(1977-01-01) (aged 44)
NationalityAzerbaijani
Alma materBaku State University
Known forMap of Mars (1971), Martian canals, Craters discovered: Ibragimov (Martian crater) (August, 1982)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsShamakhi Astrophysical Observatory

Nadir Ibragimov was astrophysicist at Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "USGS Astro: Search Planetary Nomenclature". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  2. ^ "Səyyarəyə dönən oğlan". www.anl.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY OF N.B. IBRAHIMOV" (PDF). Azerbaijani Astronomical Journal.