Boris Numerov
Russian astronomer · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1891 to 1941 · aged 50
Boris Vasilyevich Numerov was a Russian astronomer, land-surveyor and geophysicist. Born in Novgorod and graduated from the St. Petersburg University in 1913, he created various astronomic and mineralogical instruments, as well as various algorithms and methods that bear his name.
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A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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He was a member of the Academy of Sciences, observer at Pulkovo from 1913 to 1915, astronomer at the observatory of the University of Leningrad from 1915 to 1925, director of the Central Observatory of Geophysics (1926-27), and Professor at the University of Leningrad (1924-1937). He was also the founder and director of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad.
