Nikolay V. Opanasenko

Full name: Nikolay Viktorovich Opanasenko
Present position: Senior Research Scientist at Astronomical Institute of Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
Date and place of birth: April, 22, 1955; Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Nationality: Ukrainian
Family status: married, have two sons
Languages: English, Russian
Present address:
Dr. Nikolay Opanasenko
Astronomical Institute, Kharkov National University
35, Sumskaya St., Kharkov 61022 Ukraine
Tel: (38)057-7005349
FAX: (38)057-7005349
E-mails: opanasenko@astron.kharkov.ua, astrochamp@yandex.ru
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolay_Opanasenko
Field of expertise: Structural characteristics and composition of the lunar surface from polarimetric and photometric methods.
Scientific interests:
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discrete simultaneous telescope observations of photometric, polarimetric and colorimetric characteristics of lunar sites;
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albedo, color-index, phase brightness gradients and polarimetrical characteristics imaging by digital processing of photographic images;
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investigation of relations between photometric, polarimetric, and colorimetric characteristics of atmosphereless celestial bodies;
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remote sensing of content and structure of the lunar surface by its photometric, polarimetric, colorimetric and indicatometric characteristics;
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using the ground telescope data for calibration and absolutization of the data obtained by spacecrafts;
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Earth telescopic imaging of the polarization phase dependence characteristics of lunar surface
Education:
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1994 - Ph. D., Physics and Mathematics Sciences, Dissertation title: " Simultaneous photometry and polarimetry of the lunar sites” Main Astronomical Observatory of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine
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1977, Kharkov State University, Kharkov, M.S., Physics department (astronomy)
Professional Experience
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1996- present: Senior Research Scientist” of Astronomical Institute of Kharkov National University.
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1990-1995: Research Scientist of Astronomical Observatory of Kharkov State University Kharkov, Ukraine
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1987-1990: Research Scientist of a special laboratory of Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
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1978-1986: Senior Research Scientist of Astronomical Observatory of Kharkov State University Kharkov, Ukraine
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1977-1978: Junior Research Scientist of Astronomical Observatory of Kharkov State University Kharkov, Ukraine
Grants:
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1993 Grants from the Soros Foundation
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1996-1999 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
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1997-1998 Grant of Ukrainian State Foundation for Fundamental Research
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2001-2003 Grant of the International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (INTAS)
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2004-2006 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
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2008-2010 Grant of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
List of selected publications:
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Opanasenko N.V., Basilevsky A.T., Zhukov B.S., Kreslavsky M.A., Murchie S. A possible interpretation of bright features on the surface of Phobos. Planet. Space Sci. 1991, 39, #1/2, 341-347.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Kreslavsky M.A., Opanasenko N.V. Analysis of a mechanism of negative polarization of light scattered by the surfaces of atmosphereless celestial bodies. Solar System Research 1992, 26. No 1. 33-38.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Opanasenko N.V., Kreslavsky M.A. Polarimetric and photometric properties of the Moon: Telescope observation and laboratory simulation. 1. The negative polarization. Icarus 1992, 95, 283-299.
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Shkuratov Yu. G. Opanasenko N. V. Polarimetric and photometric properties of the Moon: Telescope observation and laboratory simulation. 2. The positive polarization Icarus 1992, 99, 468-484.
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Opanasenko N.V., Dolukhanyan A.A., Shkuratov Yu.G., Stankevich D.G., Kreslavskii M.A., Parusimov V.G. Polarization map of the Moon at the minimum of the negative branch. Solar System Research 1994. 28, #2, 98-105.
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Opanasenko N.V., Shkuratov Yu.G. Simultaneous polarimetry and photometry of the Moon. Solar System Research 1994, 28, 233-254.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Starukhina L.V., Kreslavsky M.A., Opanasenko N.V., Stankevich D.G., Shevchenko V.G. Principle of perturbation invariance in photometry of atmosphereless celestial bodies. Icarus 1994, 109, 168-190.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Muinonen K., Bowell E., Lumme K., Peltoniemi J., Kreslavsky M.A., Stankevich D.G., Tishkovetz V.P., Opanasenko N.V., Melkumova L.Ya. A critical review of theoretical models for the negative polarization of light scattered by atmosphereless solar system bodies. The Earth, Moon, and Planets 1994, 65, #3, 201-246
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Opanasenko N.V., Shkuratov Yu.G., Stankevich D.G., Kaydash V.G. Colorimetric mapping of the visible hemisphere of the Moon. Solar System Research 1996, 30, 352-361.
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Shkuratov, Yu.G., Melkumova L.Ya, Opanasenko N.V., Stankevich D.G., Phase dependence of the color index of solid surfaces of celestial bodies. Solar System Research 1996, 30, #1, 71-79.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Stankevich D.G., Opanasenko N.V., Kaydash V.G., Bondarenko N.V. Relationship between albedo and color index of the Moon. Solar System Research 1997, 31, #1, 41-49.
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Opanasenko N.V. Shkuratov Yu.G. Colorimetry of the lunar visible hemisphere in the near infrared range. Solar System Research 1998, 32, #1, 23-30.
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Shkuratov Yu.G., Kaydash V.G., Opanasenko N.V. Iron and titanium abundance and maturity degree distribution on lunar nearside. Icarus 1999, 137, #2, 222-234.
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Shkuratov Yu., Videen G., Kreslavsky M.A., Belskaya I.N., Ovcharenko A., Kaydash V.G., Omelchenko V.V., Opanasenko N., Zubko E. Scattering properties of planetary regoliths near opposition. In: Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing / Eds. G. Videen, Ya. Yatskiv, and M. Mishchenko. 2004. NATO Science Series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London. P. 191-208.
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Shkuratov Yu., Opanasenko N., Zubko E., Grynko Ye., Korokhin V., Pieters C., Videen G., Mall U., Opanasenko A. Multispectral polarimetry as a tool to investigate texture and chemistry of lunar regolith particles. Icarus, 2007. 187. 406–416.
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Shkuratov Yu., Opanasenko N., Opanasenko A., Zubko E., Bondarenko Yu.,Kaydash V., Videen G., Velikodsky Yu., Korokhin V. Polarimetric mapping of the Moon at a phase angle nearby minimum of polarization degree. Icarus 2008. 198. 1-6.
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Opanasenko N.V., Opanasenko A.N., Shkuratov Yu.G., Kaidash V.G., Velikodskii Yu.I., Korokhin V.V. The negative polarization parameters of the light scattered by the lunar surface: mapping. Solar System Res. 2009. 43. 210-214.
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Kaidash V. G., Gerasimenko S. Yu., Shkuratov Yu. G., Opanasenko N. V., Velikodskii Yu. I., Korokhin V. V. Photometric function variations observed on the near side of the Moon: Mapping. Solar System Res. 2009. 43(2). 89–99.
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V. Kaydash, S. Gerasimenko, Yu. Shkuratov, N. Opanasenko, Yu. Velikodsky, V. Korokhin, and M. Kaydash.The Phase Ratios of the Color Index: Mapping of Two Regions of the nearside of the Moon. Solar System Research (2010), Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 267–280.
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Yu. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, S. Gerasimenko, N. Opanasenko, Yu. Velikodsky, V. Korokhin, G. Videen, C. Pieters. Probable swirls detected as photometric anomalies in Oceanus Procellarum // Icarus. -2010, v.208, p.20-30. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.028 (2010).
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V.V. Korokhin, Yu.I. Velikodsky, Yu.G. Shkuratov, V.G. Kaydash, S.Y. Gerasimenko, N.V. Opanasenko, Gorden Videen, Carle Pieters. Removal of topographic effects from lunar images using Kaguya (LALT) and earth-based observations // Planetary and Space Science. -2010, v.58, p.1298-1306 (doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.013).
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Y. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, V. Korokhin, Y. Velikodsky, N. Opanasenko, G. Videen. Optical measurements of the Moon as a tool to study its surface. Planetary and Space Science (2011), V. 59, 13, pp. 1326-1371.
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Yu. I. Velikodsky, N. V. Opanasenko, L. A. Akimov, V. V. Korokhin, Yu. G. Shkuratov, V. G. Kaydash, G. Videen, C. Pieters, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, N. E. Berdalieva. New earth-based absolute photometry of the Moon // Icarus. -2011. v.214, Issue 1, p. 30-45 (doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.021).
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N. Opanasenko, N. V. Opanasenko, Yu. G. Shkuratov, V. G. Kaidash, Yu. I. Velikodskii and V. V. Korokhin. Distribution of the spectropolarimetric parameter of the moon in the northern part of Ocean Procellarum for a large phase angle. Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, 2011. v. 27, n. 1, 38-41, DOI: 10.3103/S0884591311010077.
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N.Opanasenko, Y. Shkuratov, V. Kaydash, V. Korokhin, Y. Velikodsky, and G. Videen, Preliminary mapping negative polarization of the lunar nearside. LPSC-2013
Hobbies:
Orienteering:
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member of the national Orienteering Ukraine team (trail) (2007-present), participant of 6 World Championships and 2 European Championships, World Champion 2009 (team result)
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Gold and Silver medals at the Second European Masters Games 2011 (run orienteering)
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Coach of orienteering section of the University (1973-present).
tourist sports hikes and travels