The Faculty of Physics

Slyusarev Ivan Grigor'yevich

    Associate Professor of the Department of Astronomy and Space Informatics, Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazina, pl. Svobody 4, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine.

    Senior scientific scientist in the department of physics of asteroids and comets at the Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazina, st. Sumska 35, Kharkiv, 61036, Ukraine.

   In 2004 he leave the Kharkov school № 23 with in-depth study of German language and economy. He graduated with honours from physical department of the Kharkiv Karazin National University in 2009. Since Nov 2009 he has been worked as Junior research fellow  at Astronomical Institute of Kharkiv National University. Also since 2009 he became a PhD student of at the same Institute. In 2011- 2012 he was a Teaching Assistant, in cours "Optic of planetary surfaces". He participated in NATO Advanced Study Institute Summer School on "Special Detection Technique (Polarimetry) and Remote Sensing", Kyiv, Ukraine, 12-25 September 2010 and in Summer School on Astrometry, Tubitak National Obseratory, Antalya, Turkiye, 5-9 September 2011. From 2012 he works at the Astronomy and Space Informatics Department of the School of Physics He had defended his PhD thesis in November, 2015.

Field of research – Physical properties of asteroids, formation and evolution of planetary systems.

He lectures courses: «Spherical Astronomy», «Theory of probability and mathematical statistics», «Methods of astronomical investigations» and leads the Astrophysics practice.

List of Main Publications

  • Slyusarev I., Rychahova V., Kaydash V., Belskaya I., Shkuratov Y., Shevchenko V. 2025. The phase- and color-ratio techniques as applied to Dawn images of the dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid (4) Vesta. Icarus 432, 116507.
  • 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
  • J. Ďurech, D. Vokrouhlický, P. Pravec, Yu. Krugly, D. Polishook, J. Hanuš, F. Marchis, A. Rożek, C. Snodgrass, L. Alegre, Z. Donchev, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, P. Fatka, N. M. Gaftonyuk, A. Galád, K. Hornoch, R. Ya. Inasaridze, E. Khalouei, H. Kučáková, P. Kušnirák, J. Oey, D. P. Pray, A. Sergeev and I. Slyusarev. Secular change in the spin states of asteroids due to radiation and gravitation torques - New detections and updates of the YORP effect. A&A, 682 (2024) A93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348350.
  • Kyrylenko, Ihor; Golubov, Oleksiy; Slyusarev, Ivan; Visuri, Jaakko; Gritsevich, Maria; Krugly, Yurij N.; Belskaya, Irina; Shevchenko, Vasilij G. 2023. The First instrumentally documented fall of an iron meteorite: Orbit and possible origin. Astrophysical Journal, Volume 953, Issue 1, id.20, 10 pp. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acdc21
  • Chiorny V. G., Shevchenko V. G., Slyusarev I. G., Mikhalchenko O. I., Krugly Yu. N., Oszkiewicz D. 2023. Photometry of small asteroids of different families and dynamical groups with a short rotation period. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 237, article id. 105779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105779
  • Rommel F. L., Braga-Ribas F., Ortiz J.L., ...Krugly Y., Slyusarev I., Chiorny V., … Belskaya I. et all. 2023. A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS4 measured from stellar occultations. Astronomy & Astrophysics,  Vol. 678, id. A167 . DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346892
  • Shevchenko V.G., I.N. Belskaya, I.G. Slyusarev, O.I. Mikhalchenko, Yu. N. Krugly, V.G. Chiorny, D.F. Lupishko, D. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, M. Gritsevich, K. Muinonen, A. Penttila. (2022). Kharkiv database of asteroid absolute magnitudes: Comparative analysis with other datasets. Astronomy & Astrophysics. V. 666, A190
  • Hromakina, T., Belskaya, I., Krugly, Y., Rumyantsev V., Golubov O., Kyrylenko I., Ivanova O., Velichko S., Izvekova I., Sergeyev A., Slyusarev, I., Molotov, I. Small Solar System objects on highly inclined orbits: Surface colours and lifetimes. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021, 647, A71
  • 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. Photometry of selected outer main belt asteroids. Planetary and Space Science, V. 202, 2021, 105248.
  • Slyusarev, I., Glezina, D., Belskaya, I., Evidences of asymmetry in properties of L4 & L5 Jupiter Trojans. 2020. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14, Symposium S345 (Origins: From the Protosun to the First Steps of Life), pp. 345-346.
  • Slyusarev, I.G. Are Large Families in the Main Belt Homogeneous? Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14. Issue A30., pp. 21-22.
  • Shevchenko V. G., Belskaya I. N., Mikhalchenko O. I., Muinonen K., Penttilä A., Gritsevich M., Shkuratov Y. G., Slyusarev I. G., Videen G. Phase integral for asteroids // Astron. Astrophys. 2019. Vol. 626, A87, pp. 6.
  • Pravec, P.; Fatka, P.; Vokrouhlicky, D.; Scheirich, P.; Durech, J.; Scheeres, D. J.; Kusnirek, P.; Hornoch, K.; Galad, A.; Pray, D. P.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Burkhonov, O.; Ehgamberdiev, Sh. A.; Pollock, J.; Moskovitz, N.; Thirouin, A.; Ortiz, J. L.; Morales, N.; Husarik, M.; Inasaridze, R. Ya. Oey, J.; Polishook, D.; Hanus, J.; Ku, H.; Vrastil, J.; Vilagi, J.; Gajdol, L.; Kornos, L.; Veres, P.; Gaftonyuk, N. M.; Hromakina, T.; Sergeyev, A. V.; Slyusarev, I. G.; Ayvazian, V. R.; Cooney, W. R.; Gross, J.; Terrell, D.; Colas, F.; Vachier, F.; Slivan, S.; Skiff, B.; Marchis, F.; Ergashev, K. E.; Kim, D.-H.; Aznar, A.; Serra-Ricart, M.; Behrend, R.; Roy, R.; Manzini, F.; Molotov, I. E. 2019. Asteroid pairs: A complex picture// Icarus, Volume 333, p. 429-463.DOI 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.05.014
  • 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.
  • Scheirich, P.; Pravec, P.; Jacobson, S. A.; Ďurech, J.; Kušnirák, P.; Hornoch, K.; Mottola, S.; Mommert, M.; Hellmich, S.; Pray, D.; Polishook, D.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Inasaridze, R. Ya.; Kvaratskhelia, O. I.; Ayvazian, V.; Slyusarev, I.; Pittichová, J.; Jehin, E.; Manfroid, J.; Gillon, M.; Galád, A.; Pollock, J.; Licandro, J.; Alí-Lagoa, V.; Brinsfield, J.; Molotov, I. E. The binary near-Earth Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 - An observational constraint on its orbital evolution // Icarus, 2015. Volume 245, p. 56-63.
  • Shevchenko V. G., Slyusarev I. G., Belskaya I. N. 2014. Revised Albedos of Trojan asteroids (911) Agamemnon and (4709) Ennomos. Meteoritic and Planetary Sciences. Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 103-108.
  • Slyusarev I. G., Belskaya I. N. 2014. Jupiter’s Trojans: Physical properties and origin. Solar System Research, Vol. 48, No.3, pp.139-157.
  • 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. A., Molotov I. E. 2012. Opposition effect of Trojan asteroids. Icarus, v. 217. No. 1, p. 202-208.
  • Ďurech, J.; Vokrouhlický D.; Baransky, A. R.; Breiter, S.; Burkhonov, O. A.; Cooney, W.; Fuller, V.; Gaftonyuk, N. M.; Gross, J.; Inasaridze, R. Ya.; Kaasalainen, M.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Kvaratshelia, O. I.; Litvinenko, E. A.; Macomber, B.; Marchis, F.; Molotov, I. E.; Oey, J.; Polishook, D.; Pollock, J.; Pravec, P.; Sárneczky, K.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Slyusarev, I.; Stephens, R.; Szabó, Gy.; Terrell, D.; Vachier, F.; Vanderplate, Z.; Viikinkoski, M.; Warner, B. D. Analysis of the rotation period of asteroids (1865) Cerberus, (2100) Ra-Shalom, and (3103) Eger - search for the YORP effect // Astronomy & Astrophysics 2012, Volume 547, id.A10 9 pp.
  • Pandey S.B., Castro-Tirado A.J., Jel´ınek M., Kamble Atish P., Gorosabel J., A. de Ugarte Postigo, Prins S., Oreiro R., Chantry V., Trushkin S., Bremer M., Winters J.M., Pozanenko A., Krugly Yu., Slyusarev I., Kornienko G., Erofeeva A., Misra K., Ramprakash A.N., Mohan V., Bhattacharya D., Volnova A., Pl´a1 J., Ibrahimov M., Im M., Volvach A., Wijers R.A.M.J.,  Multi-wavelength observations of afterglow of GRB080319B and the modeling constraints. // Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 504, Issue 1, 2009, pp.45-51.
  • Vokrouhlický D., Ďurech J., Michałowski T., Krugly Y. N., Gaftonyuk N. M., Kryszczyńska A., Colas F., Lecacheux J., Molotov I., Slyusarev I.,  Polińska M., Nesvorný D., Beshore E.,  Datura family: The 2009 update // Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 507, Issue 1, 2009, pp.495-504.

Publicity and science popularizations
Intellect Networking. Public lecture about first results from space missions to Bennu and Ryugu (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QFUnj7Ua8
Dialogues #30 about small Solar system bodies (2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0MRa4L4PJ8
Inellect Networking. Public lecture about exoplanets (2018). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAS8gjKnPAY
Public lecture about first year results from Rosetta mission to the 67P comet (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFKejiyRvKs&list=PLKw-OdXQffsA9izRlZVoRJFZl5Db-3z-M&index=127
Public lecture about first results from Rosetta mission to the 67P comet (2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFZ3RdA3s4&list=PLKw-OdXQffsA9izRlZVoRJFZl5Db-3z-M&index=145
Materials in international media about our early observation of the first interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
News on ESA site ''A would-be interstellar new object currently visiting the Solar System'' 13/09/2019
http://neo.ssa.esa.int/
BBC about our observation of the first interstellar comet 2I/Borisov https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OkemnKKBVYQ