Astronomy Day celebrated in Armenia

Today Armenia marks Astronomy Day. On January 8, 2009, a cabinet meeting decided to declare September 18 Astronomy Day in Armenia.

The date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of famous Armenian scientist Victor Ambartsumian.

Victor Ambartsumian was one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, contributed to mathematical physics.

A number of thematic events are traditionally held on this day.