Georgij A. Krasinsky
Russian astronomer (1939-2011)
Georgij Albertovich Krasinsky (Георгий Альбертович Красинский, February 19, 1939; Leningrad, USSR – March 17, 2011, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian astronomer active at the Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg. He was notable for research on planetary motions and ephemerides.
Krasinsky graduated in 1961 from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Leningrad State University. He then became a graduate student and, subsequently, an employee of the Институт теоретической астрономии АН СССР (Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Academy of Sciences of the USSR). In 1965 he successfully defended his thesis for the Russian Candidate of Science degree (Ph.D.) in physical and mathematical sciences. In 1988 he was transferred to the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. There in 1989 he completed his dissertation for the Russian Doctor of Sciences degree (similar to habilitation). Krasinsky and colleagues developed and implemented a problem-oriented language SLON and a software system (called the ERA system) for solving problems in dynamic and ephemeris astronomy. (ERA is the acronym for "Ephemerides for Research in Astronomy".) Krasinsky and colleagues applied the ERA software system to develop a high-precision, long-term numerical theory of the motions of our solar system's planets and Earth's moon.
Krasinsky was the president of IAU commission 4-DI on ephemerides during 2003-2006.
The asteroid 5714 Krasinsky is named after him.
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