Svetlana Gerasimenko
Svetlana Gerasimenko | |
|---|---|
| Светлана Герасименко Світлана Герасименко | |
Gerasimenko in 2014 | |
| Born | Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko 23 February 1945 |
| Died | 8 April 2025 (aged 80) |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union, Tajikistan |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
| Known for | Comet discovery |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
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Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko (Russian: Светлана Ивановна Герасименко; Ukrainian: Світлана Іванівна Герасименко; 23 February 1945 – 8 April 2025) was a Soviet and Tajikistani astronomer and discoverer of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.