+ Minor planets discovered: 213 credited by the MPC, as per August 2016
Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zhuravleva (, ; born 22 May 1946) is a Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian astronomer, who worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, where she discovered 213 minor planets. She also serves as president of the Crimean branch of the "Prince Clarissimus Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Foundation"The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News (which was founded in May 1995 in Berezovo, and is not the same as the "Menshikov Foundation" children's charity founded by Anthea Eno, the wife of Brian Eno). She has discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid 4086 Podalirius and asteroid 2374 Vladvysotskij. Zhuravleva is ranked 43rd in the Minor Planet Center's list of those who have discovered minor planets. She is credited with having discovered 200 and co-discovered an additional 13 between 1972 and 1992. In the rating of minor planet discoveries, she is listed in 57th place out of 1,429 astronomers. The main-belt asteroid 26087 Zhuravleva, discovered by her colleague Lyudmila Karachkina at Nauchnyi, was named in her honour.
List of discovered minor planets
1858 Lobachevskij 18 August 1972 1859 Kovalevskaya 4 September 1972 1909 Alekhin 4 September 1972 1910 Mikhailov 8 October 1972 1959 Karbyshev 14 July 1972 2015 Kachuevskaya 4 September 1972 2098 Zyskin 18 August 1972 2130 Evdokiya 22 August 1974 2173 Maresjev 22 August 1974 2188 Orlenok 28 October 1976 2233 Kuznetsov 3 December 1972 2283 Bunke 26 September 1974 2310 Olshaniya 26 September 1974 2374 Vladvysotskij 22 August 1974 2423 Ibarruri 14 July 1972 2475 Semenov 8 October 1972 2562 Chaliapin 27 March 1973 2576 Yesenin 17 August 1974 2702 Batrakov 26 September 1978 2720 Pyotr Pervyj 6 September 1972 2740 Tsoj 26 September 1974 2760 Kacha 8 October 1980 2768 Gorky 6 September 1972 2771 Polzunov 26 September 1978 2850 Mozhaiskij 2 October 1978 2890 Vilyujsk 26 September 1978 2979 Murmansk 2 October 1978 3039 Yangel 26 September 1978 3067 Akhmatova 14 October 1982 3074 Popov 24 December 1979 3095 Omarkhayyam 8 September 1980 3108 Lyubov 18 August 1972 3157 Novikov 25 September 1973 3190 Aposhanskij 26 September 1978 3214 Makarenko 2 October 1978 3231 Mila 4 September 1972 3260 Vizbor 20 September 1974 3376 Armandhammer 21 October 1982 3410 Vereshchagin 26 September 1978 3442 Yashin 2 October 1978 3511 Tsvetaeva 14 October 1982 3547 Serov 2 October 1978 3558 Shishkin 26 September 1978 3566 Levitan 24 December 1979 3586 Vasnetsov 26 September 1978 3587 Descartes 8 September 1981 3600 Archimedes 26 September 1978 3616 Glazunov 3 May 1984 3622 Ilinsky 29 September 1981 3624 Mironov 14 October 1982 3655 Eupraksia 26 September 1978 3657 Ermolova 26 September 1978 3662 Dezhnev 8 September 1980 3724 Annenskij 23 December 1979 3771 Alexejtolstoj 20 September 1974 3803 Tuchkova 2 October 1981 3863 Gilyarovskij 26 September 1978 3889 Menshikov 6 September 1972 3925 Tretʹyakov 19 September 1977 3930 Vasilev 25 October 1982 3940 Larion 27 March 1973 3964 Danilevskij 12 September 1974 3969 Rossi 9 October 1978 3971 Voronikhin 23 December 1979 4005 Dyagilev 8 October 1972 4032 Chaplygin 22 October 1985 4053 Cherkasov 2 October 1981 4070 Rozov 8 September 1980 4086 Podalirius 9 November 1985 4118 Sveta 15 October 1982 4144 Vladvasilʹev 28 September 1981 4145 Maximova 29 September 1981 4166 Pontryagin 26 September 1978 4167 Riemann 2 October 1978 4214 Veralynn 22 October 1987 4303 Savitskij 25 September 1973 4311 Zguridi 26 September 1978 4363 Sergej 2 October 1978 4366 Venikagan 24 December 1979 4430 Govorukhin 26 September 1978 4434 Nikulin 8 September 1981 4524 Barklajdetolli 8 September 1981 4729 Mikhailmilʹ 8 September 1980 4740 Veniamina 22 October 1985 4778 Fuss 9 October 1978 4787 Shulʹzhenko 6 September 1986 4811 Semashko 25 September 1973 4870 Shcherbanʹ 25 October 1989 4936 Butakov 22 October 1985 4992 Kalman 25 October 1982 5096 Luzin 5 September 1983 5101 Akhmerov 22 October 1985 5301 Novobranets 20 September 1974 5304 Bazhenov 2 October 1978 5412 Rou 25 September 1973 5419 Benua 29 September 1981 5421 Ulanova 14 October 1982 5495 Rumyantsev 6 September 1972 5544 Kazakov 2 October 1978 5545 Makarov 1 November 1978 5572 Bliskunov 26 September 1978 5681 Bakulev 15 September 1990 5781 Barkhatova 24 September 1990 5809 Kulibin 4 September 1987 5994 Yakubovich 29 September 1981 6082 Timiryazev 21 October 1982 6162 Prokhorov 25 September 1973 6220 Stepanmakarov 26 September 1978 6631 Pyatnitskij 4 September 1983 6681 Prokopovich 6 September 1972 6682 Makarij 25 September 1973 6719 Gallaj 16 October 1990 6754 Burdenko 28 October 1976 6954 Potemkin 4 September 1987 6955 Ekaterina 25 September 1987 7161 Golitsyn 25 October 1982 7223 Dolgorukij 14 October 1982 7224 Vesnina 15 October 1982 7268 Chigorin 3 October 1972 7278 Shtokolov 22 October 1985 7320 Potter 2 October 1978 7381 Mamontov 8 September 1981 7382 Bozhenkova 8 September 1981 7413 Galibina 24 September 1990 7555 Venvolkov 28 September 1981 7736 Nizhnij Novgorod 8 September 1981 7858 Bolotov 26 September 1978 7913 Parfenov 9 October 1978 7950 Berezov 28 September 1992 7979 Pozharskij 26 September 1978 8088 Australia 23 September 1990 8134 Minin 26 September 1978 8145 Valujki 5 September 1983 8151 Andranada 12 August 1986 8181 Rossini 28 September 1992 8332 Ivantsvetaev 14 October 1982 8471 Obrant 5 September 1983 8477 Andrejkiselev 6 September 1986 8498 Ufa 15 September 1990 8612 Burov 26 September 1978 8982 Oreshek 25 September 1973 9014 Svyatorichter 22 October 1985 9017 Babadzhanyan 2 October 1986 9034 Oleyuria 26 August 1990 9156 Malanin 15 October 1982 9514 Deineka 27 September 1973 9533 Aleksejleonov 28 September 1981 9567 Surgut 22 October 1987 9612 Belgorod 4 September 1992 9741 Solokhin 22 October 1987 9838 Falz-Fein 4 September 1987 9848 Yugra 26 August 1990 9914 Obukhova 28 October 1976 10014 Shaim 26 September 1978 10016 Yugan 26 September 1978 10261 Nikdollezhalʹ 22 August 1974 10266 Vladishukhov 26 September 1978 10313 Vanessa-Mae 26 August 1990 10504 Doga 22 October 1987 10675 Kharlamov 1 November 1978 10684 Babkina 8 September 1980 10711 Pskov 15 October 1982 10728 Vladimirfock 4 September 1987 10729 Tsvetkova 4 September 1987 11268 Spassky 22 October 1985 11445 Fedotov 26 September 1978 11446 Betankur 9 October 1978 11791 Sofiyavarzar 26 September 1978 11792 Sidorovsky 26 September 1978 11793 Chujkovia 2 October 1978 11826 Yurijgromov 25 October 1982 12191 Vorontsova 9 October 1978 12199 Sohlman 8 October 1980 12704 Tupolev 24 September 1990 12978 Ivashov 26 September 1978 12979 Evgalvasilʹev 26 September 1978 13010 Germantitov 29 August 1986 13046 Aliev 31 August 1990 13049 Butov 15 September 1990 13923 Peterhof 22 October 1985 14318 Buzinov 26 September 1978 14349 Nikitamikhalkov 22 October 1985 14819 Nikolaylaverov 25 October 1982 15203 Grishanin 26 September 1978 15220 Sumerkin 28 September 1981 15231 Ehdita 4 September 1987 15258 Alfilipenko 15 September 1990 16419 Kovalev 24 September 1987 18295 Borispetrov 2 October 1978 18321 Bobrov 25 October 1982 20965 Kutafin 26 September 1978 22253 Sivers 26 September 1978 22276 Belkin 21 October 1982 23411 Bayanova 26 September 1978 23436 Alekfursenko 21 October 1982 24602 Mozzhorin 3 October 1972 24611 Svetochka 26 September 1978 24637 Olʹgusha 8 September 1981 24697 Rastrelli 24 September 1990 26795 Basilashvili 26 September 1978 27659 Dolsky 26 September 1978 27660 Waterwayuni 2 October 1978 30724 Peterburgtrista 26 September 1978 30725 Klimov 26 September 1978 30821 Chernetenko 15 September 1990 32766 Voskresenskoe 21 October 1982 32768 Alexandripatov 5 September 1983 32807 Quarenghi 24 September 1990 35053 Rojyurij 25 October 1982 42479 Tolik 28 September 1981 46539 Viktortikhonov 24 October 1982 65637 Tsniimash 14 November 1979 12 August 1986 Co-discovery made with: L. G. Karachkina G. R. Kastelʹ
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