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Viktor Safronov

Soviet astronomer (1917-1999) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81

Viktor Sergeevich Safronov was a Soviet astronomer who put forward the low-mass-nebula model of planet formation, a consistent picture of how the planets formed from a disk of gas and dust around the Sun.

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Gerard P. Kuiper Prize1990
Leonard Medal1989
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1999 · aged 81