Maria Zhilova
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{{short description|Russian astronomer}}
Maria Vasilyevna Zhilova (Russian: Мария Васильевна Жилова; 1870–1934) was the first female professional astronomer in the Russian Empire. She worked as astronomer and orbit calculator at the Pulkovo Observatory from 1895 to 1930.{{cite web |title=ИМЕНА АСТЕРОИДОВ, СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ПУЛКОВСКОЙ ОБСЕРВАТОРИЕЙ (Names of Asteroids associated with the Pulkovo Observatory) |url=http://www.gaoran.ru/personal/neo/rus/general/p05.htm |publisher=Pulkovo Observatory |accessdate=3 June 2019 |language=Russian}}
Life and work
Zhilova was born in Rybinsk, Russia.{{Cite web |title=AUT - Úplné zobrazení záznamu |url=https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=av20211134406 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Czech National Database}}
In 1905 she was given an award by the Russian Astronomical Society for her work in celestial mechanics.
The asteroid 1255 Schilowa was named after her in 1932, at first spelled "Shilowa" (Russian: Ж и л о в а).{{cite book |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |chapter= (1255) Schilowa|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.|publisher = Springer |page = 104|date = 2007|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&q=zhilova+first+astronomer&pg=PA102 }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-12-20 |title=Симеизские планеты: женщины России в астрономии {{!}} |url=https://bike-crimea.com/blog/2013/simeizskie-planety-zhenshhiny-rossii-v-astronomii/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |language=ru-RU}} The crater Zhilova on Venus was named after her in 1985.{{cite web |title=Zhilova |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6731 |website=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |publisher=International Astronomical Union |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
She was one of the women discussed in a 2017 conference on "Women's Faces of Russian Science", where she was noted as "one of the first professional woman astronomers".{{cite web |last1=Klavdieva |first1=Maria M. |title=Towards the centenary of the Great Russian Revolution: Women's Faces of Russian Science — the heritage |url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/towards-the-centenary-of-the-great-russian-revolution-women-s-faces-of-russian-science-the-heritage-conference-held-at-the-s-i-vavilov |website=Conference held at the S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology on the 7th and 8th of November, 2017 |publisher=Cyberleninka |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
She died in Saint Petersburg in 1934.
Selected publications
- {{cite journal |title=Grossenbestimmung der Sterne im Sternhaufen 20 Vulpeculae |journal=St. Petersb. AC. Sci. Bull. |date=1895 |volume=2 |pages=243–51}}{{cite book |last1=Creese |first1=Mary R.S. |title=Ladies in the Laboratory IV: Imperial Russia's Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442247420 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1RuBwAAQBAJ&q=zhilova++&pg=PA150 |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
- Investigation of the spectrum of the star α Bootis according to spectrograms obtained in Pulkovo in 1906. In: Zapiski Imperatorskoj akademii nauk. VIII. series, After physical-mathematical division, Volume 23, 1908, No. 3
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Category:Russian women astronomers