What is Alexander Zaitsev (astronomer)?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Aleksandr Zaitsev | birth_name = Aleksandr Leonidovich Zaitsev | image = Александр Леонидович Зайцев.jpg | image_upright = 0.8 | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|5|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Shchyolkovo]], [[Russian SFSR]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|29|1945|5|19|df=y}} | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | ethnicity = | field = [[Radar astronomy]]<br>[[Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence]] (METI)<br>near-Earth asteroid radar research | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = the chief scientist at the Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics<br> the SETI League's Regional Coordinator for Russia | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Aleksandr Leonidovich Zaitsev''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Леонидович Зайцев}}; 19 May 1945 – 29 November 2021) was a Russian and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] radio engineer and astronomer.<ref>Picture of Alexander Zaitsev during the [[The European Radio Astronomy Club|ERAC]] Conference at the [[Starkenburg Observatory]] in [[Heppenheim]], Germany, in 2004; http://www.setileague.org/photos/eurose04/euro0407.jpg</ref><ref>Official picture of Alexander Zaitsev&nbsp;– http://www.spacedaily.com/images/seti-alexander-zaitsev-bg.jpg</ref><ref>Summary&nbsp;– http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/Z/Zaitsev.html</ref> He worked on [[radar astronomy]] technology. His best known works were [[near-Earth asteroid]] [[radar]] research, and [[SETI]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaitsev, Aleksandr}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Russian astronomers]]