Institute of Astronomy
Kharkiv National University

Vasilij G. Shevchenko

I. Personal data

Date of Birth: October 15, 1960

Place of Birth: village Novo-Mutin, Sumy region, Ukraine;

Citizenship: Ukrainian

Marital status: Married, one son.

Present position and address: Associated professor of physical department of Kharkiv V.N. Karazin National University, Svobody 4, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine. Tel: (38) 057 7075470. E-mail: shevchenko@astron.kharkov.ua

II. Academic degrees

• Ph. D., Physics and Mathematics Sci. October 1997, Main Astronomical Observatory of Ukrainian National Academy of Science, Kyiv, Ukraine

• M. Sci., Astronomer, June 1982, Kharkiv State University, Ukraine

III. Professional Experience

• Associated professor, Physical Department of Kharkiv Karazin National University, 2006 – present

• Senior Researcher, Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University 1998 – 2006

• Scientific researcher, Astronomical Observatory of Kharkiv State University, 1996- 1998

• Post-Graduate studies in Astronomy, the Kharkiv State University 1992 - 1996

• Junior scientific researcher, Astronomical Observatory of Kharkiv State University, 1985-1992

• Served in the Armed forces as military officer of air defense 1982 - 1984

• Student of the Physical Department (Astronomy) of Kharkiv State University, 1977-1982

IV. Professional activities

• Member of International Astronomical Union, since 2006

• Member of European Astronomical Society, since 1995

• Reviewer of Icarus, Planetary and Space Science, Journal Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transer, Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, etc.

• Member of Astronomo - Geodesical Society in USSR, 1985 -1991

V. Teaching activities

Lecture courses for graduate and postgraduate students:

• «Practical Astrophysics», since 2006

• «Physics of Planets», since 2006

• «Computer Sciences», since 2006

• Astrophysics practice, since 2008.

VI. Field of research

• Solar System bodies: photometry of asteroids; numerical modeling of light reflection from arbitrary shape asteroids; observations of star occultations.

VII. Experience summary

• Photoelectric and CCD photometry for the investigation of physical properties of Mainbelt and Near-Earth asteroids (1985-2012).

• The investigation of the photometric phase function of asteroids in range of opposition effect and at the extremely small phase angles < 1 deg (1989-2012).

• Numerical modeling of light reflection from arbitrary shape asteroid and development of the asteroid photometric model (1987-2012).

• Observations of star occultations by Moon and asteroids (1990-1998).

• The creation and development of electronic methods of registration apparatus (1985-1995).

• The creation of software for processing of the observation data (DELPHI, PASCAL) (1985-2011).

VIII. Academic and professional honors and awards

• Kharkov National University Honor Award in 2010

• Diploma from the Department of Education and Science of the Kharkov Region Government in 2008.

• Asteroid 17034 1999 FS9 was named as Vasylshev in 2005

• Small Individual Grant of International Science Foundation in 1993

IX. Research summary

• Albedos for 57 asteroids were determined using diameters obtained from stellar occultations. They can be used for calibrating albedos obtained by indirect methods (Shevchenko, Tedesco, 2006).

• Photometrical observations were carried out and the magnitude-phase relations have been obtained for different type asteroids (35 objects) in range of opposition effect down to the extremely small phase angles < 1 deg (Shevchenko et al., 1996, 1997, 2002, 2008, 2012; Belskaya et al. 2003, 2010; Rosenbush et al., 2005, 2009, and others).

• The nonlinear dependence of amplitude of opposition effect on albedo has first been discovered for asteroids, which is explained through the two mechanisms of the forming of the opposition effect: the coherent backscatter and the shadow hiding (Belskaya, Shevchenko, 2000).

• Some dark asteroids without opposition brightening in magnitude-phase relations were discovered (Shevchenko et al., 1996, 2008, 2012.)

• The photometric model of asteroid have been developed, which was used for investigation of the brightness distribution law over the asteroid disk (Akimov, Lupishko, Shevchenko, 1992), for investigation of an influence of the brightness distribution low on asteroid photocentre displacement (Lupishko, Shevchenko, Tungalag, 2002), and for determination of the spin vectors of asteroids (Shevchenko et al., 2003, 2009; and others).

• The phase function for approximation of asteroid magnitude-phase dependences have been proposed and a strong linear correlation (the coefficient of correlation is equal to 0.93) between the slopes of magnitude-phase dependences with the logarithm of albedo was detected that can be used for determination of asteroid albedo (Shevchenko 1997; Belskaya, Shevchenko, 2000).

• The variable star, belonged to the Delta Scuti variable subtype DY Her with period 3.81 hours, was discovered (Shevchenko 2004).

• Detected satellites for five asteroids (Pravec et al., 2000; Krugly et al., 2007; and others).

List of Main Publications

1. Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Slyusarev I. G., Krugly Yu. N., Chiorny V. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Donchev Z., Ivanova V., Ibrahimov M. A., Ehgamberdiev Sh. A., Molotov I. E. 2012. Opposition effect of Trojan asteroids. Icarus, v. 217. No. 1, p. 202-208.

2. Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Tereschenko I. A. 2010. Opposition effect of low albedo asteroids. 41th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 1-5, Woodlands. Abstract ¹ 1131.

3. Belskaya I. N., Fornasier S., Krugly Yu. N., Shevchenko V. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Barucci M. A., Fulchignoni M., R. Gil-Hutton. 2010. Puzzling asteroid 21 Lutetia: our knowledge prior to the Rosetta fly-by. Astron. Astropys. V. 515. P. A29-A37.

4. Shevchenko V. G., Tungalag N., Chiorny V. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Krugly Yu. N., Harris A. W., Young J. W. 2009. CCD-Photometry and pole coordinates for eight asteroids. Planet. Space Sci., v. 57. No. 12, p. 1514-1520.

5. Rosenbush V.K., Shevchenko V.G., Kiselev N.N., Sergeev A. V., Shakhovskoy N.M., Velichko F.P., Kolesnikov S.V., Karpov N.V. 2009. Polarization and brightness opposition effects for the E-type asteroid 44 Nysa. Icarus, v. 201. No. 2, p. 655-665.

6. Dotto E., Perna D., Fornasier S., Belskaya I.N., Barucci M.A., Shevchenko V.G., Krugly Yu. N., Gaftonyuk N.M., Tereschenko I.A., Scipioni F., De Luise F. 2009. Photometric and spectroscopic investigation of 2867 Steins, target of the Rosetta mission. Ground-based results before the Rosetta fly-by. Astron. Astrophys. V. 494, No. 3, p. L29-L32.

7. Shevchenko V.G., Chiorny V.G., Gaftonyuk N.M., Krugly Yu.N., Belskaya I.N., Tereschenko I.A., Velichko F.P. 2008. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. III. Opposition effect of dark asteroids. Icarus, v. 196. No. 2, p. 601-611.

8. Krugly Yu. N., Maccone C., Gaftonyuk N. M., Lupishko D. F., Shevchenko V. G., Velichko F. P. 2007. 11264 Claudiomaccone: Small binary main-belt asteroid. Planet. Space Sci., V. 55, No. 4, p. 449-454.

9. Chiorny V.G., Shevchenko V.G., Krugly Yu. N, Velichko F.P., Gaftonyuk N.M. 2007. Photometry of Asteroids: Lightcurves of 24 Asteroids Obtained in 1993-2005. Planet. Space Sci., V. 55, No. 7-8, p. 986-997.

10. Shevchenko V.G., Tedesco E.F. 2006. Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations. Icarus 184, 211-220.

11. Rosenbush V.K., Kiselev N.N., Shevchenko V.G., Jockers K., Shakhovskoy N.M., Efimov Yu.S. 2005. Polarization and brightness opposition effects for the E-type asteroid 64 Angelina. Icarus 178, 222-234.

12. Shevchenko V.G. 2004. New variable star GSC 1262.555. IBVS, No. 5500, p. 6.

13. Shevchenko V.G., Krugly Yu. N, Chiorny V. G., Belskaya I. N., Gaftonyuk N.M. 2003. Rotation properties of E-type asteroids. Planet. Space Sci. 51, 525-532.

14. Belskaya I. N., Shevchenko V.G., Kiselev N.N., Shakhovskoj N.M., Efimov Yu.S., Krugly Yu. N, Chiorny V. G., Gaftonyuk N.M., Gil-Hutton R., Cellino A. 2003. Opposition polarimetry and photometry of S and E-type asteroids. Icarus 166, 276-284.

15. Tungalag N., Shevchenko V.G., Lupishko D.F. 2003. Rotation parameters and shapes of 19 asteroids. Quantitative interpretation and analysis of data. Kinemat. Phys. Neb tel. V. 19, ¹ 7, p. 397-406.

16. Shevchenko V.G., Belskaya I.N., Krugly Yu.N., Chiorny V.G., Gaftonyuk N.M. 2002. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. II. 5 Astraea, 75 Eurynome, 77 Frigga, 105 Artemis, 119 Althaea, 124 Alkeste and 201 Penelope. Icarus 155, 365-374.

17. Lupishko D.F., Shevchenko V.G., Tungalag N. 2002. Asteroid photocentre displacement: influence of the scattering low. Mem. Soc. Astron. Ital. Vol.73, N.3 p. 650-654.

18. Krugly Yu.N., Belskaya I.N., Shevchenko V.G., Chiorny V.G., Velichko F.P., Erikson A., Mottola S., Hahn G., Nathues A., Neukum G., Gaftonyuk N.M., Dotto E. 2002. CCD Photometry of Near-Earth asteroids in 1996-1999. Icarus 158, 294-304.

19. Belskaya I.N., Shevchenko V.G. 2000. Opposition effect of asteroids. Icarus 147, 94-105.

20. Pravec P., Sarounova L., Rabinovich D.L., Hicks M.D., Wolf M., Krugly Yu.N., Velichko F.P., Shevchenko V.G., Chiorny V.G., Gaftonyuk N.M., Genevier G. 2000. Two-period lightcurves of 1996 FG3, 1998 PG and 5407 1992 AX: one probable and two possible binary asteroids. Icarus, v. 146, No. 1, p. 190-203.

21. Lagerkvist C.-I., I. Belskaya, A. Erikson, V. Shevchenko, S. Mottola, V. Chiorny, P. Magnusson, A. Nathues, J. Piironen. 1998. Physical Studies of Asteroids. XXXIII. The spin rate of M-type asteroids. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 131, 55-62.

22. Shevchenko V.G., Lupishko D.F. 1998. Optical properties of asteroids from photometric data. Astron. Vestnik. V. 32, No.3, p. 250-263.

23. Shevchenko V.G. 1997. Analysis of the asteroid phase dependences of brightness. Astron. Vestnik. V. 31, No.3, p. 246-251.

24. Shevchenko V.G., Piironen J., Erikson A., Belskaya I.N., Chiorny V.G., Neukum G., Mohamed R. 1997. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. I. 50 Virginia, 91 Aegina and 102 Miriam. Planet. Space Sci. 45, 1615-1623.

25. Shevchenko S.V., Chiorny V.G., Kalashnikov A.V., Krugly Yu.N., Mohamed R.A., Velichko F.P. 1996. Magnitude-phase dependences for three asteroids. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 115, 475-479.

26. Krugly Yu.N., Shevchenko V.G., Velichko F.P., Bowell E., Piironen J., Kviatkowski T., Kryszczynska A., Michalowski T. 1994. Asteroid 83 Beatrix - photometry and model. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 108, 50-57.

27. Shevchenko V.G., Krugly Yu.N., Lupishko D.F., Harris A.W., Chernova G.P. 1993. Lightcurves and phase relations of asteroid 55 Pandora. Astron. Vestnik. V.27, No.3, p. 75-80.

28. Dovgopol A.N., Krugly Yu.N., Shevchenko V.G. 1992a. Asteroid 126 Velleda: rotation period and magnitude-phase curve. Acta Astronomica 42, 67-72.

29. Shevchenko V.G., Chiornij V.G., Krugly Yu.N., Lupishko D.F., Mohamed R.A., Velichko F.P., Michalowski T., Avramchuk V.V., Dovgopol A.N. 1992b. Photometry of seventeen asteroids. Icarus 100, 295-306.

30. Akimov L.A., Lupishko D.F., Shevchenko V.G. 1992c. On the scattering law of asteroid surface. The brightness distribution law over the disk. Astron. Vestnik. V.26, N 4, p. 62-67.

31. Chernova G.P., Lupishko D.F., Shevchenko V.G., Kiselev N.N., Saljes R. 1991. Photometry and polarimetry of asteroid 47 Aglaja. Kinemat. Fiz. Neb. Tel. V.7, No.5, p. 20-26.

32. Hahn G., Magnusson P., Harris A.W., Young J.W., Belcora L.A., Fico N.J., Lupishko D.F., Shevchenko V.G., Velichko F.P., Burchi R., Ciunci G., Di Martino M., Debehogne H. 1989. Physical studies of Apollo-Amor asteroids: UBVRI photometry of 1036 Ganymed and 1627 Ivar. Icarus 78, 363-381.

33. Lupishko D.F., Velichko F.P., Belskaya I.N., Shevchenko V.G. 1987. Coordinates of pole and phase dependence of brightness of asteroid 21 Lutetia. Kinemat. Fiz. Neb. Tel. V.3, No.5, p. 36-38.