Biography:Alexander Salomonovich

Short description: Russian astronomer

Alexander Yefimovich Salomonovich (Russian: Александр Ефимович Саломонович; 1916–1989) was a Soviet radio astronomer. He graduated from the Physical Faculty of Moscow State University in 1939.

During 1953–1959, he was chief scientist responsible for creation of the Lebedev RT-22 22 meter precision radio telescope and until 1964 he was the chief scientist for operations with this instrument.

References

• Sullivan, W. III (Ed.). The Early Years of Radio Astronomy: Reflections Fifty Years after Jansky's Discovery. London: Cambridge University Press, 1984.

External links

• Weisstein, Eric Wolfgang, ed. "Alexander Salomonovich". http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Salomonovich.html.