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Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (, born 3 September 1948, Rostov-on-Don) is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
In 1978, she began as a staff astronomer of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Leningrad. Her research at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) then focused on astrometry and photometry of minor planets. The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 130 minor planets, including the Amor asteroid 5324 Lyapunov and the Trojan asteroid 3063 Makhaon. In 2004, she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.
Lyudmila Karachkina has two daughters, Maria and Renata. The inner main-belt asteroid 8019 Karachkina, discovered by German astronomers Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg on 14 October 1990, was named in her honor (). On 23 November 1999, the minor planet 8089 Yukar was named after her husband, Yurij Vasil'evicht Karachkin (b. 1940), a physics teacher at CrAO's school. ().
List of discovered minor planets
2892 Filipenko January 13, 1983 3063 Makhaon August 4, 1983 3067 Akhmatova October 14, 1982 3068 Khanina December 23, 1982 3215 Lapko January 23, 1980 3286 Anatoliya January 23, 1980 3345 Tarkovskij December 23, 1982 3437 Kapitsa October 20, 1982 3453 Dostoevsky September 27, 1981 3469 Bulgakov October 21, 1982 3508 Pasternak February 21, 1980 3511 Tsvetaeva October 14, 1982 3516 Rusheva October 21, 1982 3620 Platonov September 7, 1981 3623 Chaplin October 4, 1981 3624 Mironov October 14, 1982 3668 Ilfpetrov October 21, 1982 3669 Vertinskij October 21, 1982 3675 Kemstach December 23, 1982 3750 Ilizarov October 14, 1982 3772 Piaf October 21, 1982 3946 Shor March 5, 1983 3982 Kastelʹ May 2, 1984 4017 Disneya February 21, 1980 4071 Rostovdon September 7, 1981 4075 Sviridov October 14, 1982 4080 Galinskij August 4, 1983 4258 Ryazanov September 1, 1987 4475 Voitkevich October 20, 1982 4483 Petofi September 9, 1986 4556 Gumilyov August 27, 1987 4625 Shchedrin October 20, 1982 4626 Plisetskaya December 23, 1984 4741 Leskov November 10, 1985 4785 Petrov December 17, 1984 4861 Nemirovskij August 27, 1987 4928 Vermeer October 21, 1982 4940 Polenov August 18, 1986 4996 Veisberg August 11, 1986 4997 Ksana October 6, 1986 5021 Krylania November 13, 1982 5093 Svirelia October 14, 1982 5094 Seryozha October 20, 1982 5199 Dortmund September 7, 1981 5234 Sechenov November 4, 1989 5247 Krylov October 20, 1982 5316 Filatov October 21, 1982 5324 Lyapunov September 22, 1987 5421 Ulanova October 14, 1982 5422 Hodgkin December 23, 1982 5465 Chumakov September 9, 1986 5615 Iskander August 4, 1983 5666 Rabelais October 14, 1982 5676 Voltaire September 9, 1986 5717 Damir October 20, 1982 5759 Zoshchenko January 22, 1980 5808 Babelʹ August 27, 1987 5896 Narrenschiff November 12, 1982 5902 Talima August 27, 1987 5941 Valencia October 20, 1982 5944 Utesov May 2, 1984 6032 Nobel August 4, 1983 6172 Prokofeana October 14, 1982 6592 Goya October 3, 1986 6763 Kochiny September 7, 1981 6766 Kharms October 20, 1982 6767 Shirvindt January 6, 1983 6821 Ranevskaya September 29, 1986 7109 Heine September 1, 1983 7113 Ostapbender September 29, 1986 7223 Dolgorukij October 14, 1982 7558 Yurlov October 14, 1982 7581 Yudovich November 14, 1990 7632 Stanislav October 20, 1982 7633 Volodymyr October 21, 1982 7741 Fedoseev September 1, 1983 7995 Khvorostovsky August 4, 1983 7996 Vedernikov September 1, 1983 8142 Zolotov October 20, 1982 8332 Ivantsvetaev October 14, 1982 8811 Waltherschmadel October 20, 1982 8812 Kravtsov October 20, 1982 8816 Gamow December 17, 1984 8822 Shuryanka September 1, 1987 9005 Sidorova October 20, 1982 9006 Voytkevych October 21, 1982 9532 Abramenko September 7, 1981 9539 Prishvin October 21, 1982 9540 Mikhalkov October 21, 1982 9737 Dudarova September 29, 1986 9834 Kirsanov October 14, 1982 9927 Tyutchev October 3, 1981 10012 Tmutarakania September 3, 1978 10031 Vladarnolda September 7, 1981 10049 Vorovich October 3, 1986 10090 Sikorsky October 13, 1990 10287 Smale October 21, 1982 10324 Vladimirov November 14, 1990 10712 Malashchuk October 20, 1982 10713 Limorenko October 22, 1982 10721 Tuterov August 17, 1986 11269 Knyr August 26, 1987 11796 Nirenberg February 21, 1980 12214 Miroshnikov September 7, 1981 12220 Semenchur October 20, 1982 12235 Imranakperov September 9, 1986 12686 Bezuglyj October 3, 1986 13488 Savanov October 14, 1982 13489 Dmitrienko October 20, 1982 13492 Vitalijzakharov December 27, 1984 14814 Gurij September 7, 1981 14818 Mindeli October 21, 1982 14829 Povalyaeva October 3, 1986 15691 Maslov October 14, 1982 18334 Drozdov September 2, 1987 19119 Dimpna September 27, 1981 19120 Doronina August 6, 1983 19127 Olegefremov August 26, 1987 19952 Ashkinazi October 20, 1982 19994 Tresini October 13, 1990 24639 Mukhametdinov October 20, 1982 24641 Enver September 1, 1983 26087 Zhuravleva October 21, 1982 29122 Vasadze December 24, 1982 29125 Kyivphysfak December 17, 1984 32770 Starchik December 23, 1984 42478 Inozemtseva September 7, 1981 43752 Maryosipova October 20, 1982 65658 Gurnikovskaya October 20, 1982 69261 Philaret December 23, 1982 co-discovery with L. V. Zhuravleva co-discovery with Nikolai Chernykh co-discovery with G. R. Kastelʹ
See also Tamara Smirnova, astronomer at ITA
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