On this day in 1945 – February 22nd – Ukrainian astronomer Svetlana Gerasimenko was born in Baryshivka, Ukraine.

Gerasimenko's name is well known because she was the co-discoverer of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This was the comet explored by the Rosetta mission. Both the Rosetta spacecraft and its lander Philae are on the comet as it continues to orbit the Sun.