Igor Vladimirovich Belkovich (Игорь Владимирович Белькович) (October 15, 1904 (
OS: October 2) – May 30, 1949) was a Soviet
astronomer
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.
His son Oleg Igorevich Belkovich was also an astronomer.
The crater
Belkovich on the
Moon
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is named after him.
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Biography by his son
Soviet astronomers
1904 births
1949 deaths
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