Artyom Novichonok

Artyom Olegovich Novichonok (Russian: Артём Олегович Новичонок; born 27 March 1988 in Kondopoga, Soviet Union (now Russia) is a Russian astronomer.[2] Since 2009, the Minor Planet Center credits him with several minor planets, co-discovered in collaboration with astronomers Dmitry Chestnov, Vladimir Gerke and Leonid Elenin at the American Tzec Maun Observatory (H10) in Mayhill, New Mexico, and the Russian Ka-Dar Observatory (C32), TAU Station, in Nizhny Arkhyz, respectively.[1]

Minor planets discovered: 20 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

He also discovered the periodic comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok) in 2011, and he was part of the group that discovered the hyperbolic Comet ISON in September 2012, with Vitaly Nevsky at Kondopoga, Russia.[2]

Discoveries
Comet ISON viewed by TRAPPIST in 2013

Comets

Together with Vitali Neveski, he discovered the comets:

List of discovered minor planets
228165 Mezentsev26 September 2009list [A]
231649 Korotkiy17 November 2009list [A]
(264156) 2009 WV517 November 2009list [A]
(269568) 2009 WS10525 November 2009list [A]
274981 Petrsu12 October 2009list [A]
(279340) 2009 YM617 December 2009list [A]
(296747) 2009 UB117 October 2009list [A]
(296818) 2009 WW517 November 2009list [A]
(328734) 2009 UA117 October 2009list [A]
(331056) 2009 WX17 November 2009list [A]
(359847) 2011 UK35228 September 2011list [B]
(369400) 2009 WS718 November 2009list [A]
(369485) 2010 UP616 October 2010list [C]
(379283) 2009 VF19 November 2009list [A]
(407154) 2009 UH218 October 2009list [A]
(407228) 2009 WY1020 November 2009list [A]
(407231) 2009 WA2521 November 2009list [A]
(441872) 2010 AC409 January 2010list [A]
(457939) 2009 VG19 November 2009list [A]
(465786) 2010 AU6011 January 2010list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A D. Chestnov
B V. Gerke
C L. Elenin

See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. Andrea Tabor (8 February 2013). "An interview with Comet ISON's co-discoverer". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. Profile at Petrozavodsk State University
  4. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: P/2011 R3 (Novichonok)" (2014-04-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 February 2017.


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