Leonid Elenin

Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin (Russian: Леони́д Влади́мирович Еле́нин; born 10 August 1981) is a Russian 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.

Minor planets discovered: 15 [1]
216439 Lyubertsy15 March 2009list
(239664) 2008 XE1 December 2008list
257261 Ovechkin31 March 2009list
269390 Igortkachenko27 August 2009list
(296345) 2009 FR419 March 2009list
(296563) 2009 QS3529 August 2009list
(301522) 2009 FX2322 March 2009list
365756 ISON4 November 2010list
(369485) 2010 UP616 October 2010list
(372562) 2009 UN2025 October 2009list
382238 Euphemus8 July 2011list
(400697) 2009 RV415 September 2009list
(425381) 2010 CB4413 February 2010list
(429070) 2009 HR6727 April 2009list
(471002) 2009 SN17027 September 2009list
credited by the MPC, as per 2016

Leonid Elenin works for the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics[2] and lives in Lyubertsy, Moscow region, Russia.[3]

Leonid Elenin is best known for discovering the comet C/2010 X1 on 10 December 2010.[3] Elenin then discovered comet P/2011 NO1 on 7 July 2011.[4] Elenin has discovered 5 comets.[5]

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 Jupiter trojan 2011 QJ9 on 23 August 2011,[8] the 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
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. "Астрономы обнаружили в спектре "российской" кометы Еленина следы синильной кислоты". 7 August 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  3. "IAUC 9189: C/2010 X1; P/2010 V1". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  4. "MPEC 2011-O09 : 2011 NO1". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  5. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser — Search string: Elenin". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 239664 (2008 XE)" (2010-04-09 last obs). Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  7. Elenin, Leonid (2010-09-13). "The first near-Earth asteroid of ISON-NM observatory". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  8. Elenin, Leonid (2011-08-31). "The first Jovian trojan has been discovered at the ISON-NM observatory". Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  9. "MPEC 2011-Q39 : 2011 QD23". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  10. "MPEC 2011-Q51 : 2011 QY37". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  11. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 365756 (2010 WZ71)" (2013-06-04 last obs). Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  12. "2012 Comet Awards Announced". January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
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