Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky () (16 June 1891 – 15 June 1952) was a

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/Russian

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and discoverer of

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s. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky. In the literature, he is sometimes referred to as W. A. Albizkij, however his surname usually appears in the literature as "Albitzky". His asteroid discoveries are credited as "V. Albitskij". He came to the

Simeiz Observatory Simeiz Observatory (also spelled Simeis or Simeïs) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid-1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, by the town of Simeiz. Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, it is currently used fo ...

(Симеиз) in Crimea in 1922, working with G. A. Shajn and

G. N. Neujmin Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (; – 17 December 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodic and a hyperbolic comet at the Pulkovo and Simeiz Observato ...

, and became head of the observatory in 1934. The

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credits him with the discovery of 10

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s during 1923–1925. The Eunomia asteroid 1783 Albitskij, discovered by astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory in 1935, was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

Papers by V.A. Albitzky

The total number of papers by V.A. Albitzky is about 88 according to his File from the Archive of the Pulkovo Observatory. Only 5 papers can be found at the ADS NASA, while the rest are given in a copy from the archive by Alex Gaina, including a great part of the observations of asteroids.
ADS NASA

A Russian version of the work concerning radial velocities of 343 stars can be found at:
The Danish National Library

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A group of Russian astronomers in 1920. On the left- V.A. Albitzky

V.A. Albitzky
{{DEFAULTSORT:Albitskij, Vladimir Aleksandrovich 1891 births 1952 deaths Discoverers of asteroids Soviet astronomers

List of discovered minor planets

Papers by V.A. Albitzky

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