The Faculty of Physics

Shevchenko Vasilij Grigorijevich

    Professor of Astronomy and Space Informatics Department of Kharkiv V. N. Karazin National University

    Phone: +38 (057) 707-54-70;
    Address: Svobody sq. 4, 2-7, Kharkiv, 61077.
    E-mail: shevchenko@astron.kharkov.ua

   Finished School of Physics of Kharkiv A. M. Gorky State University with specialty “Astronomy” in 1982. Served in the Armed forces as military officer of air defence from 1982 to 1984. Worked as junior scientific researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of Kharkiv State University from the beginning of 1985, from 1992 – Scientific researcher, from 1998 – Senior Researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv V. N. Karazin National University. From 2006, he works as associated professor and from 2018 – as the professor at the Astronomy and Space Informatics Department of the School of Physics.
   He had defended his PhD thesis «Photometry of asteroids: phase dependences of brightness, photometrical model» in October 1997 and Doctor of Science thesis «Integral photometry of asteroids: observations and numerical simulation» in April 2017. Member of International Astronomical Union from 2006. The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid 17034 1999 FS9 as Vasylshev in 2005. He is a laureate of the Barabashov Prize of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the Karazin Prize of Kharkiv V. N. Karazin National University. He has over 200 scientific publications. He is a member of the special scientific council «Д 26.208.01» of Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Field of research – Physics of Solar System bodies, photometry of minor planets.

He lectures courses: «General Astrophysics», «Physics of Planets», «Computer Sciences» and leads the Astrophysics practice.

Main teacher publications:

  1. Beloshapka А. J., Voinov О. L., Shevchenko V.G. 2017. Laboratory works for the general course of astronomy. Part II. DSPU. Slavyansk. 224 p.
  2. Alexandrov Yu. V., Shevchenko V. G. 2016. Astrophysics. Kharrkiv V.N. Karazan National University. Kharkiv. 256 p.
  3. Beloshapka А. J., Voinov О. L., Shevchenko V.G. 2016. Laboratory works for the general course of astronomy. Part I. DSPU. Slavyansk. 215 p. :

Main scientific publications:

  1. Shevchenko V. G., Danylko D. O., Slyusarev I. G., Chigladze R. A. Some results of CCD-photometry of variable stars at the Astronomical Institute of Karazin Kharkiv National University. // Astron. Astrophys. (Caucasus). 2025. V. 9. P. 1-7. Jan. 2025. ISSN 2449-2914. 10.48550/arXiv.2501.10754
  2. Slyusarev I. G., Rychagova V. V., Kaydash V. G., Belskaya I. N., Shkuratov Yu. G., Shevchenko V. G. The phase- and color-ratio techniques as applied to Dawn images of the dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid (4) Vesta. // Icarus. 2025. Vol. 432, id. 116507. 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116507
  3. Chiorny V. G., Shevchenko V. G., Slyusarev I. G., Mikhalchenko O. I., Krugly Yu. N., Oszkiewicz D., Photometry of small asteroids of different families and dynamical groups with a short rotation periods. // Planet. Space Sci., 2023, Vol. 237, id. 105779. 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105779
  4. Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Slyusarev I. G., Mikhalchenko O. I., Krugly Yu. N., Chiorny V. G., Lupishko D.F., Oszkiewicz D., Kwiatkowski T., Gritsevich M., Muinonen K., Penttilä A. Kharkiv database of asteroid absolute magnitudes: Comparative analysis with other datasets. // Astron. Astrophys. 2022. Vol. 666, A190, pp. 5. 10.1051/0004-6361/202243977
  5. Shevchenko V. G., Mikhalchenko O. I., Belskaya I. N., Slyusarev I. G., Chiorny V. G., Krugly Yu. N., Hromakina T. A., Dovgopol A.N., Kiselev N. N., Rublevsky A. N., Antonyuk K. А., Novichonok A. O., Kusakin A. V., Reva I. V., Inasaridze R. Ya., Ayvazian V.V., Kapanadze G.V., Molotov I. E., Oszkiewicz D., Kwiatkowski T. 2021. Photometry of selected outer main belt asteroids. // Planet. Space Sci.. Vol. 202, id. 105248. 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105248
  6. Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Mikhalchenko O. I., Muinonen K., Penttilä A., Gritsevich M., Shkuratov Y. G., Slyusarev I. G., Videen G. 2019. Phase integral for asteroids // Astron. Astrophys. Vol. 626, A87, pp. 6. 10.1051/0004-6361/201935588.
  7. Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Muinonen K., Penttilä A., Krugly Y. N., Velichko F. P., Chiorny V. G., Slyusarev I. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Tereschenko I. A. 2016. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. IV. Average parameters for the new H, G1, G2 magnitude system. // Planet. Space Sci. 123. P. 101-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.11.007
  8. Penttilä A., Shevchenko V. G., Wilkman O., Muinonena K. 2016. H, G1, G2 phase function extended to low-accuracy data. // Planet. Space Sci. 123. P. 117-125. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.010.
  9. Shevchenko V. G., Slyusarev I. G., Belskaya I. N. Revised Albedos of Trojan asteroids (911) Agamemnon and (4709) Ennomos. Meteoritic and Planetary Sciences. 2014. Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 103-108.
  10. Shevchenko V.G., Belskaya I.N., Slyusarev I.G., Krugly Yu.N., Chiorny V.G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Donchev Z., Ivanova V., Ibrahimov M.A., Ehgamberdiev Sh., Molotov I. 2012. Opposition effect of Trojan asteroids. Icarus, 217, 202-208.
  11. Belskaya I. N., Fornasier S., Krugly Yu. N., Shevchenko V. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Barucci M. A., Fulchignoni M., R. Gil-Hutton. 2010. Puzzling asteroid 21 Lutetia: our knowledge prior to the Rosetta fly-by. Astron. Astropys. V. 515. P. A29-A37.
  12. Shevchenko V. G., Tungalag N., Chiorny V. G., Gaftonyuk N. M., Krugly Yu. N., Harris A. W., Young J. W. 2009. CCD-Photometry and pole coordinates for eight asteroids. Planet. Space Sci., v. 57. No. 12, p. 1514-1520.
  13. Shevchenko V.G., Chiorny V.G., Gaftonyuk N.M., Krugly Yu.N., Belskaya I.N., Tereschenko I.A., Velichko F.P. 2008. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. III. Opposition effect of dark asteroids. Icarus, v. 196, p. 601-611.
  14. Shevchenko V.G., Tedesco E.F. 2006. Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations. Icarus 184, 211-220.
  15. Shevchenko V.G., Mohamed R.A. 2005. Spacecraft Exploration of Asteroids. Astron. Vestnik. V. 39, p. 81-90.
  16. Shevchenko V.G., Krugly Yu. N, Chiorny V. G., Belskaya I. N., Gaftonyuk N.M. 2003. Rotation properties of E-type asteroids. Planet. Space Sci. 51, 525-532.
  17. Belskaya I.N., Shevchenko V.G. 2000. Opposition effect of asteroids. Icarus 147, 94-105.
  18. Shevchenko V.G., Lupishko D.F. 1998. Optical properties of asteroids from photometric data. Astron. Vestnik. V. 32, No.3, p. 250-263.
  19. Shevchenko V.G., Piironen J., Erikson A., Belskaya I.N., Chiorny V.G., Neukum G., Mohamed R. 1997. Asteroid observations at low phase angles. I. 50 Virginia, 91 Aegina and 102 Miriam. Planet. Space Sci. 45, 1615-1623.
  20. Shevchenko V.G., Chiornij V.G., Krugly Yu.N., Lupishko D.F., Mohamed R.A., Velichko F.P., Michalowski T., Avramchuk V.V., Dovgopol A.N. 1992. Photometry of seventeen asteroids. Icarus100, 295-306.