Lyudmila Zhuravleva


Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zhuravleva is a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian astronomer, who worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, where she discovered 213 minor planets.
She also serves as president
of the Crimean branch of the "Prince Clarissimus Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Foundation".
She has discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid 4086 Podalirius and asteroid 2374 Vladvysotskij. Zhuravleva is ranked 43 in the Minor Planet Center's list of those who have discovered minor planets. She is credited with having discovered 200, and co-discovered an additional 13 between 1972 and 1992. In the rating of minor planet discoveries, she is listed in 57th place out of 1,429 astronomers.
The main-belt asteroid 26087 Zhuravleva, discovered by her colleague Lyudmila Karachkina at Nauchnij, was named in her honour.

List of discovered minor planets

1858 Lobachevskij18 August 1972
1859 Kovalevskaya4 September 1972
1909 Alekhin4 September 1972
1910 Mikhailov8 October 1972
1959 Karbyshev14 July 1972
2015 Kachuevskaya4 September 1972
2098 Zyskin18 August 1972
2130 Evdokiya22 August 1974
2173 Maresjev22 August 1974
2188 Orlenok28 October 1976
2233 Kuznetsov3 December 1972
2283 Bunke26 September 1974

2850 Mozhaiskij2 October 1978
2890 Vilyujsk26 September 1978
2979 Murmansk2 October 1978
3039 Yangel26 September 1978
3067 Akhmatova14 October 1982 
3074 Popov24 December 1979
3095 Omarkhayyam8 September 1980
3108 Lyubov18 August 1972
3157 Novikov25 September 1973
3190 Aposhanskij26 September 1978
3214 Makarenko2 October 1978
3231 Mila4 September 1972

3622 Ilinsky29 September 1981
3624 Mironov14 October 1982 
3655 Eupraksia26 September 1978
3657 Ermolova26 September 1978
3662 Dezhnev8 September 1980
3724 Annenskij23 December 1979
3771 Alexejtolstoj20 September 1974
3803 Tuchkova2 October 1981
3863 Gilyarovskij26 September 1978
3889 Menshikov6 September 1972
3925 Tret'yakov19 September 1977
3930 Vasilev25 October 1982

4166 Pontryagin26 September 1978
4167 Riemann2 October 1978
4214 Veralynn22 October 1987
4303 Savitskij25 September 1973
4311 Zguridi26 September 1978
4363 Sergej2 October 1978
4366 Venikagan24 December 1979
4430 Govorukhin26 September 1978
4434 Nikulin8 September 1981
4524 Barklajdetolli8 September 1981
4729 Mikhailmil'8 September 1980
4740 Veniamina22 October 1985

5421 Ulanova14 October 1982 
5495 Rumyantsev6 September 1972
5544 Kazakov2 October 1978
5545 Makarov1 November 1978
5572 Bliskunov26 September 1978
5681 Bakulev15 September 1990
5781 Barkhatova24 September 1990 
5809 Kulibin4 September 1987
5994 Yakubovich29 September 1981
6082 Timiryazev21 October 1982
6162 Prokhorov25 September 1973
6220 Stepanmakarov26 September 1978

7320 Potter2 October 1978
7381 Mamontov8 September 1981
7382 Bozhenkova8 September 1981
7413 Galibina24 September 1990 
7555 Venvolkov28 September 1981
7736 Nizhnij Novgorod8 September 1981
7858 Bolotov26 September 1978
7913 Parfenov9 October 1978
7950 Berezov28 September 1992
7979 Pozharskij26 September 1978
8088 Australia23 September 1990 
8134 Minin26 September 1978

9156 Malanin15 October 1982
9514 Deineka27 September 1973
9533 Aleksejleonov28 September 1981
9567 Surgut22 October 1987
9612 Belgorod4 September 1992
9741 Solokhin22 October 1987
9838 Falz-Fein4 September 1987
9848 Yugra26 August 1990
9914 Obukhova28 October 1976
10014 Shaim26 September 1978
10016 Yugan26 September 1978
10261 Nikdollezhal'22 August 1974

11792 Sidorovsky26 September 1978
11793 Chujkovia2 October 1978
11826 Yurijgromov25 October 1982
12191 Vorontsova9 October 1978
12199 Sohlman8 October 1980
12704 Tupolev24 September 1990 
12978 Ivashov26 September 1978
12979 Evgalvasil'ev26 September 1978
13010 Germantitov29 August 1986
13046 Aliev31 August 1990
13049 Butov15 September 1990
13923 Peterhof22 October 1985

22276 Belkin21 October 1982
23411 Bayanova26 September 1978
23436 Alekfursenko21 October 1982
24602 Mozzhorin3 October 1972
24611 Svetochka26 September 1978
24637 Ol'gusha8 September 1981
24697 Rastrelli24 September 1990 
26795 Basilashvili26 September 1978
27659 Dolsky26 September 1978
27660 Waterwayuni2 October 1978
30724 Peterburgtrista26 September 1978
30725 Klimov26 September 1978