Peter N. Fedorov

Peter N. Fedorov (born 1951) is a Ukrainian astronomer, a specialist in astrometry and Galactic dynamics, known for his work on compiling the XPM star catalogue and determining the inertial coordinate system in the Milky Way. He is head of the Laboratory of Astrometry at Kharkiv Observatory and a professor of the Department of Astronomy and Space Informatics at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. He was awarded the Ye. P. Fedorov prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the series of works "Catalogues of stellar data as tools for astronomical research".

Biography In 1977, Fedorov graduated from the School of Physics of Kharkiv State University (now V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University). In 1977-1995, he worked at Mykolaiv Observatory. In the same year, he received the Ye. P. Fedorov award of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The prize is named after his namesake, astrometrist Yevgen Pavlovych Fedorov from Kyiv.

Honours and awards Ye. P. Fedorov award of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the series of works "Catalogues of stellar data as tools for astronomical research"(2012)