Kapitsa may refer to:

  • Andrey Kapitsa (1931–2011), Soviet geographer and Antarctic explorer, discoverer of Lake Vostok
  • Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984), Soviet physicist, Nobel prize winner
  • Sergey Kapitsa (1928–2012), Soviet physicist
  • 3437 Kapitsa (1982 UZ5) - main-belt asteroid discovered in 1982 by L. G. Karachkina, named after Pyotr Kapitsa

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