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Yevgeny Perepyolkin


Yevgeny Yakovlevich Perepyolkin (Russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Перепёлкин; 1906–1940) was a Soviet astronomer.

He worked at the Pulkovo Observatory when he led the observation of the proper motion of stars with respect to extragalactic nebula.

A crater on Mars and one on the Moon was named in his honor.



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