Solomon Borisovich Pikelner
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Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (February 6, 1921 - November 19, 1975) was a Russian astronomer who had made a significant contribution to the theory of the interstellar medium, solar plasma physics, stellar atmospheres, and magnetohydrodynamics. He was professor of astronomy at Moscow State University since 1959. A crater on the Moon (Pikel'ner (crater)) and an asteroid 1975 Pikelner (see List of asteroids/1001–2000) bear his name.