Kira B. Shingareva


Kira B. Shingareva was a Russian scientist who was involved in the development of updated planetary nomenclature, and mapping regions of the Moon, Mars, Phobos and Venus. She is one of the top cartographers for mapping planetary bodies in the world.

Early life

Shingareva was born in the Soviet Union in 1938 and her mother died when she was five years old. As a chemical engineer, her father was a big influence in her eventual pursuit of mathematics and astronomy. Later on, Shingareva said "she is forever grateful to him for that".

Education

Shingareva has extensive education and experience in astronomy, geography, and economics.

Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK)

  • Astronomo-geodesist

Technical University of Dresden, Germany

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Lomonosov Moscow State University

  • Economics

Mapping Moons and Planets

Some of Shingareva's most notable accomplishments involve the mapping of planetary and celestial bodies. While working for the Russian National Space program, she mapped areas of the Moon, Mars, Phobos and Venus, and assisted with locating potential landing sites for Moon probes.She is one of the first people to map the dark side of the Moon.
Shingareva is also known for contributions to the development of geographic and cartographic names. In 1967 she presented nomenclature for regions that are located on the far side of the Moon, which was a starting point to redeveloping planetary naming schemas.

Recognition

In honor of her accomplishments and contributions, there are a lunar crater and an asteroid that have been named after Shingareva.
  • A region of the Patsaev lunar impact crater has been named Kira.

Notable works

Presentation on Lunar Nomenclature. Proceedings of the Thirteenth General Assembly, 17. Commission de la Lune. Section 2 on Lunar Nomenclature. IAU, Prague. Cartographic study of the Lunar surface Space Research Series Volume 5 Moscow.
  • Marov MYa, Krasnopevtseva BV, Shingareva KB, Bolshakov VD, Kremnev RS Atlas of Terrestrial Planets and their Moons. Miigaik, Moscow.Geography of extraterrestrial territories. 2009; co-author

Publications

Shingareva has written, collaborated, and co-authored over 150 publications.
  • Karachevtseva I., Oberst J., Scholten F., Konopikhin А., Shingareva K., Cherepanova E., Gusakova E., Haase I., Peters O., Plescia J., Robinson M. Cartography of the Lunokhod-1 Landing Site and Traverse from LRO Image and Stereo Topographic Data. Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 85, p. 175–187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2013.06.002
  • Wählisch M., Stooke P.J., Karachevtseva I.P., Kirk R., Oberst J., Willner K., Nadejdina I.A., Zubarev A.E., Konopikhin A.A., Shingareva K.B. Phobos and Deimos cartography, Phobos and Deimos cartography.  Planetary and Space Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2013.05.012IN PRINT: Hargitai, H., Li C., Zhang Z., Zuo W., Mu L., Li H., K.B. Shingareva, and V.V. Shevchenko. Chinese and Russian Language Equivalents of the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: An Overview of Planetary Toponym Localization Methods. Cartographic Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743277413Y.0000000051