Elena V. Pitjeva

__NOTOC__Elena Vladimirovna Pitjeva is a Russian theoretical physicist at the Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. She is noted for her work on ephemerides and is currently head of the Laboratory of Ephemeris Astronomy at the Institute of Applied Astronomy. Pitjeva is a member of the International Astronomical Union Commisson 4: Ephemerides.cite web
author = International Astronomical Union
title = IAU Commission 4 Membership
url = http://iau-comm4.jpl.nasa.gov/names.html
accessdate = 2007-03-15 ]

Education

Pitjeva earned her undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics at A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University in 1972 in the specialty of astronomy. She earned an M.A. in theoretical physics in 1994 and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2005. She was a student of Professor G.A. Krasinski.cite web
author = Laboratory of Ephemeris Astronomy
title = E.V. Pitjeva
date = 2006-08-23
url = http://www.ipa.nw.ru/PAGE/DEPFUND/LEA/RUS/evp.html
accessdate = 2007-03-15 ]

Publications (selection)

*cite journal | last= Pitjeva | first=E. V. | title= High-Precision Ephemerides of Planets—EPM and Determination of Some Astronomical Constants | journal= Solar System Research | year= 2005 | volume= 39 | issue= 3 | pages= 176 | url= http://iau-comm4.jpl.nasa.gov/EPM2004.pdf | format= PDF | doi= 10.1007/s11208-005-0033-2
*cite conference | first=E. V. | last= Pitjeva | title= Estimations of masses of the largest asteroids and the main asteroid belt from ranging to planets, Mars orbiters and landers | booktitle= 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18 - 25 July 2004, in Paris, France | pages= 2014 | year= 2004 | url= http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004cosp.meet.2014P
*cite journal| authorlink= Georgij A. Krasinsky | first=G. A. | last= Krasinsky | coauthors=Pitjeva, E. V.; Vasilyev, M. V.; Yagudina, E. I. | url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002Icar..158...98K| title=Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt| journal=Icarus| volume=158| issue=1| pages=98–105| month= July| year= 2002| doi=10.1006/icar.2002.6837

References

External links

* [http://www.ipa.nw.ru/PAGE/DEPFUND/LEA/RUS/ruslea.htm Laboratory of Ephemeris Astronomy, Institute of Applied Astronomy]