Minor planets discovered: 36 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Беля́вский; December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 numbered minor planets.[1]

His last name is also alternatively spelled Beljavskij (name under which the Minor Planet Center credits him) or Beljawskij. His first name is occasionally given as "Sergius". He was born in St. Petersburg and was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. His field of work included astrophotometry, astrometry, and the study of variable stars. He died in Leningrad.

He discovered the bright naked-eye comet C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky), also known according to the nomenclature of the time as "Comet 1911 IV" or "Comet 1911g". Belyavsky observed at Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea. Between 1937 and 1944, Belyavsky was the seventh director of the Pulkovo Observatory, where he succeeded Boris Gerasimovich.

List of discovered minor planets

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749 Malzovia 5 April 1913 list
812 Adele 8 September 1915 list
849 Ara 9 February 1912 list
850 Altona 27 March 1916 list
851 Zeissia 2 April 1916 list
852 Wladilena 2 April 1916 list
853 Nansenia 2 April 1916 list
854 Frostia 3 April 1916 list
855 Newcombia 3 April 1916 list
856 Backlunda 3 April 1916 list
857 Glasenappia 6 April 1916 list
885 Ulrike 23 September 1917 list
969 Leocadia 5 November 1921 list
978 Aidamina 18 May 1922 list
981 Martina 23 September 1917 list
995 Sternberga 8 June 1923 list
1001 Gaussia 8 August 1923 list
1004 Belopolskya 5 September 1923 list
1005 Arago 5 September 1923 list
1006 Lagrangea 12 September 1923 list
1031 Arctica 6 June 1924 list
1062 Ljuba 11 October 1925 list
1065 Amundsenia 4 August 1926 list
1074 Beljawskya 26 January 1925 list
1084 Tamariwa 12 February 1926 list
1086 Nata 25 August 1927 list[A]
1094 Siberia 12 February 1926 list
1118 Hanskya 29 August 1927 list[A]
1153 Wallenbergia 5 September 1924 list
1224 Fantasia 29 August 1927 list[A]
1621 Druzhba 1 October 1926 list
1874 Kacivelia 5 September 1924 list
1984 Fedynskij 10 October 1926 list
2156 Kate 23 September 1917 list
3134 Kostinsky 5 November 1921 list
4509 Gorbatskij 23 September 1917 list
Co-discovery made with:
A N. Ivanov

References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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