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POSITION
Chief Researcher of the Astrometry and Solar System Small Bodies Sector
of Astronomical Observatory
WORK EXPERIENCE
1968–1969 Laboratory assistant of Astronomical Observatory
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1969–1970 Researcher of Astronomical Observatory
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1970–1971 Technician of the Main Astronomical Observatory
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (MAO NASU), Kyiv (Ukraine)
1971–1973 Senior Technician of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1973–1977 Engineer of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1977–1996 Junior Researcher of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1987–1988 Observer of the Bolivian National Observatory
Santa Ana Observatory, Tarija (Bolivia)
1996–2001 Researcher of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
1997–1998 Visiting Scientist of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research,
Katlenburg-Lindau (Germany )
2001–2008 Senior Researcher of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2008–2015 Leading Researcher of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2015–2017 Chief Researcher of the MAO NASU, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2017–present Chief Researcher of the Astrometry and Solar System Small Bodies Sector
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1971 Graduate from the Faculty of Physics
(M.Sc.)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2004 Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
(Ph.D.)
Main Astronomical Observatory
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2006 Senior researcher in Heliophysics and Physics of Solar System
Main Astronomical Observatory
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2008 Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
Main Astronomical Observatory
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Honors and Awards
2005 Asteroid 18114 (2000 NN19) has been named "Rosenbush" by the International Astronomical Union
2010 State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
2010 Basic Sciences Book Award of the International Academy of Astronautics
2014 Medal "For professional achievements" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
2019 M. P. Barabashov prize of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine
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Physical and dynamic properties of small bodies of the Solar system as indica-tors of their places of origin and evolution
Research Fields:
Astronomy
Previous and Current Research
- Photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations of comets, asteroids, planetary satellites.
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Physical and dynamic characteristics of potentially dangerous for the Earth space bodies.
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Physical properties of selected Solar system small bodies of different dynamic classes.
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Linear and circular polarization in comets and its spatial distribution over the coma.
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Coherent backscattering of light (weak localization of electrons): discovery of polarization opposition effect for high-albedo objects.
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Development of theoretical models for the analysis of observational data for different types of anomalous meteors.
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Ñreation of instrument for photometric, colorimetric, and spectral observations of meteors in different wavelength ranges.
Future Projects and Goals
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Dust, gas, and plasma in comets
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Long-term activity of comets and active asteroids
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Morphological structure in the cometary atmospheres
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Potentially dangerous asteroids
A comprehensive study of the physical, chemical, and dynamical properties of the Solar system small bodies of different dynamic classes, using the results of photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations and numerical modeling to reveal features related to different regions of their formation in the Solar system or different evolution.
Methodological and Technical Expertise
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Polarimetry, photometry, and spectroscopy of the Solar system small bodies
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Light scattering by particles and surfaces
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Astronomical observations, technique, and methods
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Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
r = 1.6–1.8 àu
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Direct images of comet 67Ð/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (left), relative isophotes (middle), images with jets J1 and J2 and dust tail after applying a digital filter (right).
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Spatial distribution of the degree of linear polarization over the coma of comet 67Ð/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in the r-sdss filter for three observation dates: November 8, 2015 (left), December 9, 2015 (middle) and April 5, 2016 (right)
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Comet-centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
February 14, 2012, r = 6.26 au, D = 5.51 au, a = 6.3°, RC l6840 Å
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Distribution of intensity (top left), linear (top middle) and circular (top right) polarization in the coma of comet-centaur 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 and their variations with distance from the nucleus along and perpendicular to the direction of the Sun (bottom).
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C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch)
r = 5.1 au, a = 4.5°
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Direct image (a) of comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch), jets in its coma detected by digital filtering (b), and the spatial distribution of color and polarization over the coma indicating the significant changes in the activity of the nucleus due to numerous active areas which release the substance from the nucleus with different ratio of water ice, CO2 ice, and refractory dust and sizes of their particles.
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Selected Publications
Rosenbush V., Ivanova O., Kleshchonok V., Kiselev N., Afanasiev V., Shubina O., Petrov D.
Comet 2P/Encke in apparitions of 2013 and 2017: I. Imaging photometry and long-slit spectroscopy.
Icarus, 2020. 348, 113767.
Kiselev N., Rosenbush V., Ivanova O., Kolokolova L., Petrov D., Kleshchonok V., Afanasiev V., Shubina O.
Comet 2P/Encke in apparition of 2017: II. Polarization and color.
Icarus, 2020. 348, 113768
Ivanova O., Agapitov O., Odstrcil D, Korsun P., Afanasiev V., Rosenbush V.
Dynamics of the CO+ coma of comet 29P/Schwasmann–Wachmann 1.
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 2019, 486, Issue 4, 5614–5620.
Ivanova O., Luk'yanyk I., Kolokolova L., Das H.S., Husárik M., Rosenbush V., Afanasiev V., Svoren J., Kiselev N., Krushinsky V.
Photometry, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of distant comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR).
Astron. Astrophys, 2019. 626, id. A26, 12 pp.
Rosenbush V.K., Ivanova O.V., Kiselev N.N., Kolokolova L.O., Afanasiev V.L.
Spatial variations of brightness, colour and polarization of dust in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 2017, 469, ¹2, 475–491.
Snodgrass C., A’Hearn M.F., Aceituno F., …, Rosenbush V. et al.
The 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko observation campaign in support of the Rosetta mission.
Philosoph. Transact. Royal Soc.: Mathem., Phys. Engineer. Sci., 2017, 375, Is. 2097, id.20160249, 22 p.
Ivanova O., Rosenbush V., Afanasiev V., Kiselev N.
Polarimetry, photometry, and spectroscopy of comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd).
Icarus, 2017, 284, 167–182.
Ivanova O.V., Rosenbush V.K., Kiselev N.N., Afanasiev V.L., Korsun P.P.
Post-perihelion observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at the 6 m BTA telescope: optical spectroscopy.
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 2017, 469, S386-S395.
Kolokolova L., Koenders C., Goetz C., Rosenbush V., Kiselev N., Hoang T., Lazarian A.
Clues to cometary circular polarization from studying the magnetic field in the vicinity of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 2016. 462, S422-S431.
Milinevsky G., Yatskiv Ya., Degtyaryov O., Syniavskyi I., Mishchenko M., Rosenbush V. et al.
New satellite project Aerosol-UA: Remote sensing of aerosols in the terrestrial atmosphere.
Acta Astronautica, 2016. 123, 292–300.
Afanasiev V.L., Rosenbush V.K., Kiselev N.N.
Polarimetry of major Uranian moons at the 6-m telescope.
Astrophysical Bulletin, 2014, 69, Issue 2,211-223.
Kiselev N., Shubina E., Velichko S., Jockers K., Rosenbush V., Kikuchi S. (Eds.).
Compilation of Comet Polarimetry from Published and Unpublished Sources.
urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:polarimetry::1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2017.
Zaitsev S., Rosenbush V., Kiselev N. (Eds.)
Database of planetary satellite polarimetry.
NASA Planetary Data System, EAR-SA-COMPIL-3-SATPOL-V1.0, 2012.
Rosenbush V.K., Kiselev N.N., Afanasiev V.L.
Icy moons of the outer planets.
In: Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems, 560 p., Cambridge University Press, 2015, 340-359.
Kiselev N.N., Rosenbush V. K., Kolokolova L., Hough J., Levasseur-Regourd A.
Comets.
In: Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems, 560 p., Cambridge University Press, 2015, 379–404.
Mishchenko M.I., Rosenbush V.K., Videen G., Yatskiv Ya.S. (Eds.)
Polarimetric Detection, Characterization, and Remote Sensing.
Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2011, 550 pð.
Mishchenko M.I., Rosenbush V.K., Kiselev N.N., Lupishko D.F., Tishkovets V.P., Kaydash V.G., Belskaya I.N., Efimov Y.S., Shakhovskoy N.M.
Polarimetric remote sensing of Solar System objects.
Kyiv, Akademperiodika, 2010, 291 pp.
Contacts
E-mail: vera.rosenbush@gmail.com
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Astronomical Observatory
Sector of Astrometry and Solar System Small Bodies
3 Observatorna St., 04053 Kyiv, UKRAINE
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