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Rolan Kiladze | |
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Born | Tbilisi, Georgia | 24 September 1931
Died | 22 February 2010 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 78)
Nationality | Georgian |
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | astronomy |
Rolan I. Kiladze (Georgian: როლან კილაძე; September 24, 1931 – February 22, 2010) was a Georgian astronomer, a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1982), and a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (1988).
A documentary Red Stars was made about Kiladze.[citation needed] The minor Planet 4737 was named “Kiladze” in his honor,[1] and one of the planet Pluto's craters was named after him by the International Astronomical Union for his contributions to the study of Pluto's photometry, astrometry and dynamics in 2019.