Mikhail Lidov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Lidov

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1926

Place of Birth: Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1993

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mikhail L'vovich Lidov (Russian: ??????´ ????´??? ??´???, 4 October 1926–30 December 1993) was a Soviet and Russian astronomer specialising in celestial mechanics.
He is best known for discovering, simultaneously with Yoshihide Kozai, the Kozai-Lidov mechanism. In 1960, he was awarded the Lenin prize for his contributions to the Soviet space program.The asteroid 4236 Lidov, discovered by Nikolai Chernykh in 1979, was named in his honour.
The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C.
22501).