# Lyudmila Chernykh

Minor planets discovered: 267 :
* see § List of discovered minor planets
Lyudmila Ivanivna Chernykh (Ukrainian: Людмила Іванівна Черних; Russian: Людми́ла Ива́новна Черны́х; June 13, 1935 – July 28, 2017) was a Ukrainian-Russian-Soviet astronomer, wife and colleague of Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.

## Professional career

Chernykh was born in 1935 in Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast. In 1959, she graduated from the Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute (now the Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University). Between 1959 and 1963, she worked in the Time and Frequency Laboratory of the All-Union Research Institute of Physico-Technical and Radiotechnical Measurements in Irkutsk, where she made astrometrical observations for the Time Service.
Between 1964 and 1998 she was a scientific worker at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Science since 1991), working at the observation base of the institute at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) in Nauchnyy settlement on the Crimean peninsula. In 1998 she was promoted to senior scientific worker at CrAO. The Minor Planet Center (MPC) credits her with the discovery of 267 numbered minor planets, which she made at CrAO between 1966 and 1992. Several of these discoveries she made in collaboration with her husband and with Tamara Smirnova.

## Honors

The asteroid 2325 Chernykh, discovered in 1979 by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos, was named in her and her husband's honour. The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 1 June 1981 (M.P.C. 6060).

## List of discovered minor planets

Two of her notable discoveries are 2127 Tanya – named after Russian child diarist Tanya Savicheva, and 2212 Hephaistos, a near-Earth object of the Apollo group of asteroids.
| 1737 Severny | 13 October 1966 | list |
| 1771 Makover | 24 January 1968 | list |
| 1772 Gagarin | 6 February 1968 | list |
| 1789 Dobrovolsky | 19 August 1966 | list |
| 1790 Volkov | 9 March 1967 | list |
| 1792 Reni | 24 January 1968 | list |
| 1805 Dirikis | 1 April 1970 | list |
| 1828 Kashirina | 14 August 1966 | list |
| 1832 Mrkos | 11 August 1969 | list |
| 1833 Shmakova | 11 August 1969 | list |
| 1855 Korolev | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 1856 Růžena | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 1889 Pakhmutova | 24 January 1968 | list |
| 1890 Konoshenkova | 6 February 1968 | list |
| 1956 Artek | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 1957 Angara | 1 April 1970 | list |
| 1975 Pikelner | 11 August 1969 | list |
| 1976 Kaverin | 1 April 1970 | list |
| 2008 Konstitutsiya | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 2030 Belyaev | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2031 BAM | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2092 Sumiana | 16 October 1969 | list |
| 2127 Tanya | 29 May 1971 | list |
| 2132 Zhukov | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 2142 Landau | 3 April 1972 | list |
| 2144 Marietta | 18 January 1975 | list |
| 2186 Keldysh | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 2205 Glinka | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 2212 Hephaistos | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 2245 Hekatostos | 24 January 1968 | list |
| 2266 Tchaikovsky | 12 November 1974 | list |
| 2273 Yarilo | 6 March 1975 | list |
| 2279 Barto | 25 February 1968 | list |
| 2296 Kugultinov | 18 January 1975 | list |
| 2341 Aoluta | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2352 Kurchatov | 10 September 1969 | list |
| 2354 Lavrov | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 2385 Mustel | 11 November 1969 | list |
| 2386 Nikonov | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 2419 Moldavia | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 2446 Lunacharsky | 14 October 1971 | list |
| 2448 Sholokhov | 18 January 1975 | list |
| 2457 Rublyov | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 2467 Kollontai | 14 August 1966 | list |
| 2468 Repin | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2480 Papanov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2489 Suvorov | 11 July 1975 | list |
| 2530 Shipka | 9 July 1978 | list |
| 2540 Blok | 13 October 1971 | list |
| 2551 Decabrina | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2561 Margolin | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2609 Kiril-Metodi | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 2669 Shostakovich | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2692 Chkalov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2699 Kalinin | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 2755 Avicenna | 26 September 1973 | list |
| 2756 Dzhangar | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 2807 Karl Marx | 15 October 1969 | list |
| 2833 Radishchev | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 2837 Griboedov | 13 October 1971 | list |
| 2877 Likhachev | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2894 Kakhovka | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 2907 Nekrasov | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 2931 Mayakovsky | 16 October 1969 | list |
| 2948 Amosov | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 2965 Surikov | 18 January 1975 | list |
| 2977 Chivilikhin | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 2998 Berendeya | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 3010 Ushakov | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 3052 Herzen | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 3126 Davydov | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 3127 Bagration | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 3147 Samantha | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 3232 Brest | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 3273 Drukar | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 3321 Dasha | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 3332 Raksha | 4 July 1978 | list |
| 3384 Daliya | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 3429 Chuvaev | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 3441 Pochaina | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 3483 Svetlov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 3523 Arina | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 3577 Putilin | 7 October 1969 | list |
| 3588 Kirik | 8 October 1981 | list |
| 3608 Kataev | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 3659 Bellingshausen | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 3681 Boyan | 27 August 1974 | list |
| 3702 Trubetskaya | 3 July 1970 | list |
| 3703 Volkonskaya | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 3719 Karamzin | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 3747 Belinskij | 5 November 1975 | list |
| 3770 Nizami | 24 August 1974 | list |
| 3804 Drunina | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 3890 Bunin | 18 December 1976 | list |
| 3963 Paradzhanov | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 3967 Shekhtelia | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 3968 Koptelov | 8 October 1978 | list |
| 4022 Nonna | 8 October 1981 | list |
| 4135 Svetlanov | 14 August 1966 | list |
| 4164 Shilov | 16 October 1969 | list |
| 4174 Pikulia | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 4184 Berdyayev | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 4195 Esambaev | 19 September 1982 | list |
| 4196 Shuya | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 4229 Plevitskaya | 22 January 1971 | list |
| 4235 Tatishchev | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 4244 Zakharchenko | 7 October 1981 | list |
| 4286 Rubtsov | 8 August 1988 | list |
| 4304 Geichenko | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 4361 Nezhdanova | 9 October 1977 | list |
| 4371 Fyodorov | 10 April 1983 | list |
| 4426 Roerich | 15 October 1969 | list |
| 4437 Yaroshenko | 10 April 1983 | list |
| 4449 Sobinov | 3 September 1987 | list |
| 4485 Radonezhskij | 27 August 1987 | list |
| 4537 Valgrirasp | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 4560 Klyuchevskij | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 4594 Dashkova | 17 May 1980 | list |
| 4605 Nikitin | 18 September 1987 | list |
| 4616 Batalov | 17 January 1975 | list |
| 4622 Solovjova | 16 November 1979 | list |
| 4623 Obraztsova | 24 October 1981 | list |
| 4681 Ermak | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 4682 Bykov | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 4758 Hermitage | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 4762 Dobrynya | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 4810 Ruslanova | 14 April 1972 | list |
| 4869 Piotrovsky | 26 October 1989 | list |
| 4879 Zykina | 12 November 1974 | list |
| 4880 Tovstonogov | 14 October 1975 | list |
| 4915 Solzhenitsyn | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 4918 Rostropovich | 24 August 1974 | list |
| 4919 Vishnevskaya | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 4926 Smoktunovskij | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 4944 Kozlovskij | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 4980 Magomaev | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 4981 Sinyavskaya | 12 November 1974 | list |
| 5014 Gorchakov | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 5043 Zadornov | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 5055 Opekushin | 13 August 1986 | list |
| 5076 Lebedev-Kumach | 26 September 1973 | list |
| 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 5091 Isakovskij | 25 September 1981 | list |
| 5104 Skripnichenko | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 5154 Leonov | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 5158 Ogarev | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 5300 Sats | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 5315 Bal'mont | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 5359 Markzakharov | 24 August 1974 | list |
| 5361 Goncharov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 5385 Kamenka | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 5483 Cherkashin | 17 October 1990 | list |
| 5612 Nevskij | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 5613 Donskoj | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 5675 Evgenilebedev | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 5711 Eneev | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 5795 Roshchina | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 5807 Mshatka | 30 August 1986 | list |
| 5827 Letunov | 15 November 1990 | list |
| 5857 Neglinka | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 5858 Borovitskia | 28 September 1978 | list |
| 5940 Feliksobolev | 8 October 1981 | list |
| 5955 Khromchenko | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 6110 Kazak | 4 July 1978 | list |
| 6113 Tsap | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 6121 Plachinda | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky | 14 October 1971 | list |
| 6166 Univsima | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 6180 Bystritskaya | 8 August 1986 | list |
| 6232 Zubitskia | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 6355 Univermoscow | 15 October 1969 | list |
| 6374 Beslan | 8 August 1986 | list |
| 6432 Temirkanov | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 6511 Furmanov | 27 August 1987 | list |
| 6538 Muraviov | 25 September 1981 | list |
| 6547 Vasilkarazin | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 6573 Magnitskij | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 6589 Jankovich | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 6591 Sabinin | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 6619 Kolya | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 6679 Gurzhij | 16 October 1969 | list |
| 6755 Solov'yanenko | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 6764 Kirillavrov | 7 October 1981 | list |
| 6783 Gulyaev | 24 September 1990 | list |
| 6784 Bogatikov | 28 October 1990 | list |
| 6890 Savinykh | 3 September 1975 | list |
| 6942 Yurigulyaev | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 7370 Krasnogolovets | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 7457 Veselov | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 7468 Anfimov | 17 October 1990 | list |
| 7469 Krikalev | 15 November 1990 | list |
| 7726 Olegbykov | 27 August 1974 | list |
| 7730 Sergerasimov | 4 July 1978 | list |
| 7869 Pradun | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 7924 Simbirsk | 6 August 1986 | list |
| 7978 Niknesterov | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 8132 Vitginzburg | 18 December 1976 | list |
| 8244 Mikolaichuk | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 8444 Popovich | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 8608 Chelomey | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 8839 Novichkova | 24 October 1989 | list |
| 8985 Tula | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 9146 Tulikov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 9150 Zavolokin | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 9154 Kol'tsovo | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 9167 Kharkiv | 18 September 1987 | list |
| 9168 Sarov | 18 September 1987 | list |
| 9176 Struchkova | 15 November 1990 | list |
| 9516 Inasan | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 9549 Akplatonov | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 9565 Tikhonov | 18 September 1987 | list |
| 9566 Rykhlova | 18 September 1987 | list |
| 9609 Ponomarevalya | 26 August 1992 | list |
| 9718 Gerbefremov | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 9733 Valtikhonov | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 9933 Alekseev | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 10001 Palermo | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 10002 Bagdasarian | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 10007 Malytheatre | 16 December 1976 | list |
| 10010 Rudruna | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 10015 Valenlebedev | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 10023 Vladifedorov | 17 November 1979 | list |
| 10054 Solomin | 17 September 1987 | list |
| 10262 Samoilov | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 10286 Shnollia | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 10459 Vladichaika | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 10992 Veryuslaviya | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 11016 Borisov | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 11027 Astaf'ev | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 11480 Velikij Ustyug | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 11782 Nikolajivanov | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 11824 Alpaidze | 16 September 1982 | list |
| 12190 Sarkisov | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 12219 Grigor'ev | 19 September 1982 | list |
| 12664 Sonisenia | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 13477 Utkin | 5 November 1975 | list |
| 13479 Vet | 8 October 1977 | list |
| 13480 Potapov | 9 August 1978 | list |
| 13904 Univinnitsa | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 13922 Kremenia | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 14339 Knorre | 10 April 1983 | list |
| 14789 GAISH | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 14834 Isaev | 17 September 1987 | list |
| 15199 Rodnyanskaya | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 15212 Yaroslavl' | 17 November 1979 | list |
| 15669 Pshenichner | 19 September 1974 | list |
| 15675 Goloseevo | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 15676 Almoisheev | 8 October 1978 | list |
| 15702 Olegkotov | 2 September 1987 | list |
| 16395 Ioannpravednyj | 23 October 1981 | list |
| 16407 Oiunskij | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 16515 Usman'grad | 15 November 1990 | list |
| 16516 Efremlevitan | 15 November 1990 | list |
| 17358 Lozino-Lozinskij | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 18285 Vladplatonov | 14 April 1972 | list |
| 18287 Verkin | 3 October 1975 | list |
| 18293 Pilyugin | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 18294 Rudenko | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 19919 Pogorelov | 8 October 1977 | list |
| 19962 Martynenko | 7 September 1986 | list |
| 23402 Turchina | 8 October 1969 | list |
| 24604 Vasilermakov | 27 September 1973 | list |
| 24648 Evpatoria | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 24649 Balaklava | 19 September 1985 | list |
| 29081 Krymradio | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 32735 Strekalov | 27 September 1978 | list |
| 43783 Svyatitelpyotr | 24 October 1989 | list |
| Co-discovery made with: $^A$ N. S. Chernykh $^B$ T. M. Smirnova |||