Fyodor Aleksandrovich Bredikhin (Фёдор Александрович Бредихин) (December 8, 1831 – May 14, 1904 (O.S.: May 1)) was a Russian astronomer. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena His surname is sometimes given as Bredichin in the literature, and non-Russian sources sometimes render his first name as Theodor.
In 1857 he joined the staff of the observatory at Moscow University, becoming its director in 1865 (another source says 1873). Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1890 he became director of Pulkovo Observatory (until 1894) and in the same year became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (Пу́лковская Астрономи́ческая обсервато́рия the principal Astronomical observatory of the Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National
He studied the theory of comet tails, and also studied meteors and meteor showers. A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail — A meteor shower, some of which are known as a "meteor storm" or "meteor outburst" is a celestial event where a group of meteors are observed to radiate from one point
Bredikhin crater on the Moon is named after him. Bredikhin is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon.
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- AN 165 (1904) 351/352 (in German)
- MNRAS 65 (1905) 348