Leonid Elenin
Appearance
216439 Lyubertsy |
15 March 2009 | list |
(239664) 2008 XE | 1 December 2008 | list |
257261 Ovechkin |
31 March 2009 | list |
269390 Igortkachenko |
27 August 2009 | list |
(296345) 2009 FR4 | 19 March 2009 | list |
(296563) 2009 QS35 | 29 August 2009 | list |
(301522) 2009 FX23 | 22 March 2009 | list |
365756 ISON |
4 November 2010 | list |
(369485) 2010 UP6 | 16 October 2010 | list |
(372562) 2009 UN20 | 25 October 2009 | list |
382238 Euphemus |
8 July 2011 | list |
(400697) 2009 RV4 | 15 September 2009 | list |
(425381) 2010 CB44 | 13 February 2010 | list |
(429070) 2009 HR67 | 27 April 2009 | list |
(471002) 2009 SN170 | 27 September 2009 | list |
credited by the MPC, as per 2016 |
Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin (
amateur astronomer working with the ISON-NM observatory (H15) via the International Scientific Optical Network
(ISON), which is the first Russian remote observatory in the West.
Leonid Elenin works for the
Leonid Elenin is best known for discovering the comet
The first asteroid discovered by Leonid Elenin was 2008 XE on 1 December 2008 at Tzec (H10).[6] The first Amor asteroid (near-Earth object) discovered by Elenin was 2010 RN80 on 10 September 2010 at ISON-NM (H15).[7]
Elenin has also discovered the trailing L5
Mars-crossing asteroid 2011 QD23 on 25 August 2011,[9] and the amor asteroid (Near-Earth object) 2011 QY37 on 27 August 2011.[10] The first numbered asteroid discovered by Elenin at ISON-NM is 365756 ISON (2010 WZ71).[11]
On 29 January 2013, the Minor Planet Center awarded Leonid Elenin a 2012 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets by amateurs.[12]
References
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Астрономы обнаружили в спектре "российской" кометы Еленина следы синильной кислоты". 7 August 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser — Search string: Elenin". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 239664 (2008 XE)" (2010-04-09 last obs). Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ Elenin, Leonid (2010-09-13). "The first near-Earth asteroid of ISON-NM observatory". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ Elenin, Leonid (2011-08-31). "The first Jovian trojan has been discovered at the ISON-NM observatory". Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ "MPEC 2011-Q39 : 2011 QD23". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ "MPEC 2011-Q51 : 2011 QY37". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 365756 (2010 WZ71)" (2013-06-04 last obs). Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "2012 Comet Awards Announced". January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-31.