The Faculty of Physics

Shkuratov Yuriy Grigorievich

    head of Astronomy and Space Informatics Department;

    Phone: +38 (057) 707-54-70;
    Address: Svobody sq. 4, 2-7, Kharkiv, 61077.
    E-mail: Yuriy.Shkuratov@hotmail.com  

   Graduated from Kharkov A.M. Gorky State University with specialty “Physics” in 1975, worked as junior researcher at Astronomical Observatory of Kharkov State University from 1975, from 1978 as senior researcher, from 1993 as the head of a Department of the Observatory, from 2002 as a professor at the Astronomy Department of the School of Physics, from 2004 as the director of Astronomical Institute of Kharkiv V. N. Karazin National University, and from 2012 as head of Astronomy Department. He was elected corresponding member of NAS Ukraine in 2012.
He defended PhD thesis «Optical properties of the Moon: Observations and interpretation» in 1980. Then in 1993 he defended Doctor-of-science Thesis «Scattering of unpolarized light by uneven surfaces». Member of the International Astronomical Union from 1999. The Union has named the asteroid 12234 as Shkuratov in 2008. He has over 600 scientific publications. He is a Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine (1986) and Prizes of Ukrainian (1997) and Russian (2000) Academies of Sciences.
Member of Editorial Board of scientific journals «Kinematic and Physics of Celestial bodies», «Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer», and «Space Science and Technology».
Member of the Defence Council for PhD and Doctor of Sciences degrees at the Physical faculty of Kharkiv V.N. Karazin National University.

Field of research – Physics of Solar System bodies, photometry and polarimetry of the Moon.

He lectures courses: «Optics of planetary surface» and «Methods and organization of scientific work».

Last scientific publications:

2020

  1. Sim C.K., Kim S., Minsup J., Choi Y-J., Shkuratov Y.G. Observational strategy for KPLO/PolCam measurements of the lunar surface from orbit. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific. 2020, 132:015004 (11pp), https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab523d.
  2. Velichko S., Korokhin V., Velikodsky Y., Kaydash V., Shkuratov Y., Videen G. Removal of topographic effects from LROC NAC images as applied to the inner flank of the crater Hertzsprung S. Planet. Space Sci. 2020. 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105090
  3. Jeong, M., Choi, Y.‐J., Kim, S. S., Shkuratov, Y. G. Grain size dependence of brightness phase curves of the lunar surface. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 2020. 125, id.: e2019JE006164. doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006164
  4. Surkov Y., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V., Velichko S., Korokhin V., Videen G. Characterizing southern portion of Mare Vaporum with improved Chandrayaan-1 M3 data. Icarus, 355, 2020, 114123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114123 .
  5. Surkov Y., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V., Korokhin V., Videen G., Lunar ilmenite content as assessed by improved Chandrayaan-1 M3 data. Icarus 2020. 341, article id. 113661. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113661
  6. Grynko Ye., Shkuratov Y., Förstner J. Light backscattering from large clusters of densely packed irregular particles. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 2020, 255. 107234.
  7. Opanasenko N.V., Shkuratov Y.G., Kaydash V.G., Korokhin V.V., Sim C.K., Kim S.S., Jeong M., Choi Y.J., Videen G. Mapping polarimetric parameters of the Moon. Lunar Planet. Sci., 51, LPI Houston, 2020, Abstract #1156.
  8. Velichko S.F., Korokhin V.V., Velikodsky Y.I., Kaydash V.G., Shkuratov Y.G., Videen G. Removal of topographic effects from albedo and phase-ratio images using LROC NAC data. Lunar Planet. Sci., 51, LPI Houston, 2020, Abstract #1150.
  9. Korokhin V., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V., Velichko S., Videen G. On the equator-pole and east-west photometric asymmetry of the lunar slopes. Lunar Planet. Sci., 51, LPI Houston, 2020, Abstract #1152.
  10. Surkov Y., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash K., Videen G. Modeling relationship between color ratio C(321 nm/415 nm) and TiO2 content. Lunar Planet. Sci., 51, LPI Houston, 2020, Abstract #1311.
  11. Sim C.K., Kim S.S., Jeong M., Choi Y.J., Shkuratov Y.G. Lunar polarimetry from its orbit with KPLO/PolCam: phase-angle coverage. Lunar Planet. Sci., 51, LPI Houston, 2020, Abstract #1981.

2021

  1. Velichko, S., Korokhin, V., Kaydash, V., Shkuratov Y. Videen G., Phase-ratio and phase dependence of albedo of irregular mare patch Maskelyne obtained from LROC NAC data. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 52nd. LPI Houston 2021, 2280.pdf.
  2. Konovalenko, A., Kalinichenko, N., Zakharenko, V., Ulyanov, O., Dorovskyy, V., Melnik, V., Stanislavsky, A., Zarka, P., Cecconi, B., Rucker, H., Krupar, V., Bubnov, I., Yerin, S., Tokarsky, P., Sidorchuk, M., Stepkin, S., Lytvinenko, L., Yatskiv, Ya., Shkuratov, Yu., Kuhai, N., Shevchuk, N., Brazhenko, A., Koshovyy, V., Ivantyshin, O., Lytvinenko, O., Romanchuk, A., Shevtsova, A., Kravtsov, I., Kharlanova, V. Ground-based support of space mission by Ukrainian radio telescopes. In: Space research in Ukraine. 2018–2020 / Ed. O. Fedorov. pp. 5-14. - Kyiv: Akadem periodyka, 2021. 142 p.

2022

  1. Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V, Velichko, S., Korokhin, V., Surkov E., Velikodsky Y., Videen G. The lunar formation Ina: A scenario of origin. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 53rd. LPI Houston 2022. #1046.
  2. Surkov Y., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V., Videen G., Korokhin V., et al., 2022. Olivine Abundance Assessment Using the Ratio of 1- and 2-μm Integrated Band Depths: Applications to Chandrayaan-1 M3 Data. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 53d. LPI Houston 2022 #1048.
  3. Opanasenko N.V., Shkuratov Y.G., Videen G., Kaydash V.G., Korokhin V.V., et al. Lunar Polarimetric Imaging at Small Phase Angles Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 53d. LPI Houston 2022. #1194.
  4. Velichko S., Korokhin V., Shkuratov Y., Kaydash V. Surkov Y., Videen G. Photometric analysis of the Luna spacecraft landing sites. Planetary and Space Sci. 216, 2022, 105475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105475.
  5. Grynko Y, Shkuratov Y, Alhaddad S, Förstner S. Negative polarization of light at backscattering from a numerical analog of planetary regoliths. Icarus 2022. 384. #115099.
  6. Grynko, Y., Shkuratov, Y., Alhaddad, S., Förstner, J. (2022). Light Scattering by Large Densely Packed Clusters of Particles. In: Kokhanovsky, A. (eds) Springer Series in Light Scattering. Springer Series in Light Scattering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10298-1_4

2023

  1. Surkov Y., Kaydash V., Shkuratov Y., Videen G., Mall U. Assessment of abundance of Mg-spinel using M3 data: The Theophilus crater peak. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 54th. LPI Houston 2023 #1454.
  2. Surkov, Y., Shkuratov, Y., Pan, Y.-L., Kalume, A., Santarpia, J., Zubko, E., Hu, Y., Videen, G., 2023, Light scattering from spiral particles. Journ. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 298, 108494, 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108494.
  3. Stankevich D., Shkuratov Y., Sim C.K., Jeong M., Choi Y.J., Kim S., Videen G. Light scattering by media consisting of Maxwell 3-foci concave particles in the geometrical optics approximation. Journ. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 296, 2023, 108457.
  4. Kim, S., Choi, Y-J., Kang, K., Jeong, М., Baek, K., Moon, B., Sim, C., Lee, D., Gu, B., Shkuratov, Y., Videen, G., 2023. Current Status of the Polarimetric Survey of the Lunar Regolith with Danuri/PolCam. Amer. Geophys. Union Annual meeting. Abstract P21A-01. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1440532
  5. Kreslavsky, M., Farrand, W., Fassett, C., Videen, G., Shkuratov, Y., Choi, Y-J., Kim, S., Kang, K., Moon, B., Jeong, V., Sim, C., Lee, D., 2023. Preliminary assessment of polarization signatures of small craters on the Moon from PolCam Observations. Amer. Geophys. Union Ann. meeting. Abstract P21A-02. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1436187.
  6. Jeong, M., Choi, Y-J., Kang, K., Moon, B., Gu, B., Kim, S., Sim, Ch., Lee, D., Shkuratov, Y.G., Videen, G., Kaydash, V., 2023. Preflight Calibration Results of Wide-Angle Polarimetric Camera (PolCam) onboard Korean Lunar Orbiter, Danuri. J. Korean Astron. Soc. 56, 293-299. DOI:10.5303/JKAS.2023.56.2.293.

2024

  1. Surkov, Y., Shkuratov, Y., Kaydash, V., Videen, G., Mall, U., Velichko, S., 2024. Lunar spinels in the Aristarchus crater and Сobra Head. Planet. Space Sci. 240. 105831.
  2. Kreslavsky, M., Kim, S., Jeong, M., Choi, Y.-J., Sim, C., Shkuratov, Y., Farrand, W., Fassett, C., Videen, G., Moon, B., Kang, K.-I., Lee, D., 2024. Polarization signature of young lunar craters from Danuri PolCam observations. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 55th, #2502.
  3. Velichko, S., Korokhin, V., Velikodsky, Y., Kaydash, V., Shkuratov, Y., Videen, G., Kwiatkowski, T., Surkov, Y., 2024. Multiphase photoclinometry as applied to the lunar photometry with LROC NAC data. Planet. Space Sci. 246. 105914.
  4. Surkov, Ye., Shkuratov, Yu., Kaydash, V., Pan, Y-L., Kalume, A., Santarpia, J., Hu, Y., Videen, G., 2024. Light scattering by Möbius particles. Journ. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 329, 109215.

2025

  1. Alali H., Pan Y-Le, Kalume A., Hu Y., Surkov Y., Shkuratov Y., Videen G., Wang Ch., 2025. Measurement of circular intensity differential scattering (CIDS) from single optically trapped biological particles. Journ. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad Transfer 330, 109244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109244.
  2. Shkuratov Y., Head J., Kaydash V., Videen G., 2025. Ina Irregular Mare Patch (IMP): Comparing Three Hypotheses for its Formation and Evolution. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 56th. LPI Houston. #1036.
  3. Shkuratov Yu., Videen G., Kaydash V., 2025. Optics of the Moon. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-817972-7.
  4. Zheng H., Zhang H., Shkuratov Y., Britt D., 2025. Bi-directional reflectance and Raman characterizations of Spectralons with varying albedos. Optics Express 33, 4 7942. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.543840
  5. 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.