Otto Yulyevich Schmidt (September 30 [O.S. September 18] 1891 - September 7, 1956) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician, Hero of the USSR (27 June 1937), and member of the Communist Party. A minor planet, 2108 Otto Schmidt - discovered in 1948 by Soviet astronomer Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn - is named after him. Read more