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The Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Государственный астрономический институт имени Штернберга in Russian), also known as GAISh (ГАИШ), is a research institution in
Sternberg Astronomical Institute
{{Authority control Research institutes in Russia Moscow State University Astronomy institutes and departments Research institutes in the Soviet Union Astronomy in the Soviet Union Research institutes established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union
The Sternberg Astronomical Institute (Государственный астрономический институт имени Штернберга in Russian), also known as GAISh (ГАИШ), is a research institution in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, Russia
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, a division of Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
. The institute is named after astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either o ...
Pavel Karlovich Shternberg. It was founded in 1931, on the site of the observatory established by the university in 1831.
The main-belt asteroid 14789 GAISH
14789 GAISh, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh of the Crimean Astrophysical ...
, discovered by Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1969, was named in its honour. The official naming citation was published on 6 January 2007 ().
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{{Authority control Research institutes in Russia Moscow State University Astronomy institutes and departments Research institutes in the Soviet Union Astronomy in the Soviet Union Research institutes established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union