Nikolai Chernykh
Russian astronomer
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea. Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1931, Usman, Russia
Died: May 26, 2004 (age 72 years), Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Discovered: 2867 Šteins, 74P/Smirnova–Chernykh, Paramo de Santurban, and more
Spouse: Lyudmila Chernykh