The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Moldova
This page contains a list of the greatest Moldovan Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 531 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Moldova. This makes Moldova the birth place of the 45th most number of Astronomers behind Hungary and Norway.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moldovan Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Moldovan Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vladimir Albitsky (1891 - 1952)
With an HPI of 49.27, Vladimir Albitsky is the most famous Moldovan Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Russian: Владимир Александрович Альбицкий) (16 June 1891 – 15 June 1952) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky. In the literature, he is sometimes referred to as W. A. Albizkij, however his surname usually appears in the literature as "Albitzky". His asteroid discoveries are credited as "V. Albitskij". He came to the Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) in Crimea in 1922, working with G. A. Shajn and G. N. Neujmin, and became head of the observatory in 1934. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 10 asteroids during 1923–1925. The Eunomia asteroid 1783 Albitskij, discovered by astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory in 1935, was named in his honor.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronomers born between 1891 and 1891. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased astronomers include Vladimir Albitsky.
