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“Countdown to 500 comets. Comet Elenin”. By Alan Hale
July 15th 2011
This has, undoubtedly, been one of the most eagerly-awaited comets in recent years. It was discovered back on December 10, 2010 by Leonid Elenin, an astronomer in Lyubertsy, Russia (affiliated with the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics in Moscow), who is an accomplished observer of comets and who has in fact made several recoveries of expected periodic comets within the fairly recent past; this is his first comet discovery.
Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin, of Moscow, used the remotely operated ISON-NM telescope in New Mexico to observe the new Comet Ikeya-Murakami over the weekend.
The last major extinction event was about 5 million years ago, so Muller posits that Nemesis is likely 1.0 to 1.5 light-years (63,000–95,000 AU) away at present, and even has ideas of what area of the sky it might be in (supported by Yarris, 1987), near Hydra, based on a hypothetical orbit derived from original apogees of a number of atypical long-period comets that describe an orbital arc meeting the specifications of Muller's hypothesis.
The extremely distant planetoid Sedna has an extra-long and unusual elliptical orbit around the Sun, well beyond Pluto, ranging between 76 and 975 AU. Sedna’s orbit is estimated to last between 10.5 and 12 thousand years. Its discoverer, Mike Brown of Caltech, noted in a Discover magazine article that Sedna’s location doesn’t make sense: "Sedna shouldn't be there," said Brown. "There's no way to put Sedna where it is. It never comes close enough to be affected by the Sun, but it never goes far enough away from the Sun to be affected by other stars." Brown postulates that perhaps a massive unseen object is responsible for Sedna’s mystifying orbit, its gravitational influence keeping Sedna fixed in that far-distant portion of space.
If you grew up thinking there were nine planets and were shocked when Pluto was demoted five years ago, get ready for another surprise. There may be nine after all, and Jupiter may not be the largest.
The hunt is on for a gas giant up to four times the mass of Jupiter thought to be lurking in the outer Oort Cloud, the most remote region of the solar system. The orbit of Tyche (pronounced ty-kee), would be 15,000 times farther from the Sun than the Earth's, and 375 times farther than Pluto's, which is why it hasn't been seen so far.
But scientists now believe the proof of its existence has already been gathered by a Nasa space telescope, Wise, and is just waiting to be analysed.
wise.ssl.berkeley.edu...
Result
By May 27, 2010, WISE discovered 12,141 previously unknown asteroids, of which 64 were considered near-Earth, and 11 new comets. This grew to 113 near-Earth asteroids and 16 comets by August 26, 2010. Two unambiguous brown dwarfs have been detected, although their distances are unknown, as well as some brown dwarf candidates.
Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin, of Moscow, used the remotely operated ISON-NM telescope in New Mexico to observe the new Comet Ikeya-Murakami over the weekend. But boy oh boy, did the people behind the cover up make serious mistakes. When searching for the Ikeya-Murakami (C/2010 V1) comet, once again Leonid Elenin is not mentioned or even credited and this is from the NASA website!
Mr. Elenin is an amateur astronomer from Lubertsy City, Russia, located near Moscow. With a passion for astronomy since childhood, he studies minor objects in the Solar System and variable stars. He has discovered more than 10 variable stars and numerous asteroids. He works at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (Russian Academy of Sciences).
Originally posted by CasiusIgnoranze
I tried to search for Leonid Elenin on the International Scientific Optical Network observatory website
spaceobs.org...
For a man who is supposedly an accomplished observer of comets, why can't I find this guy?
Originally posted by alfa1
You did find him. You just didnt realise it.
SpaceObs is his website.
In fact he almost treats it like a blog, with an entry every few days or so, continuously.
Go have another look.
spaceobs
Registrant ID:a85c8afdc757030a
Registrant Name:Leonid Elenin
Registrant Organization:spaceobs.org
Registrant Street1:none
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Lyubertsy
Registrant State/Province:OUTSIDE US & CANADA
Registrant Postal Code:none
Registrant Country:RU
Registrant Phone:+7.9067835828
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+7.9067835828
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:[email protected]
Originally posted by Hillbilly123069
What does NID in Leonid's name. Has to have some meaning if it's made up.
Originally posted by alfa1
Originally posted by CasiusIgnoranze
I tried to search for Leonid Elenin on the International Scientific Optical Network observatory website
spaceobs.org...
For a man who is supposedly an accomplished observer of comets, why can't I find this guy?
You did find him. You just didnt realise it.
SpaceObs is his website.
In fact he almost treats it like a blog, with an entry every few days or so, continuously.
Go have another look.
spaceobs
His work in astronomy was recognized by a number of Paris Academy Prizes over the course of his career. His accomplishments include determining with great accuracy the orbits of comets and other celestial bodies, understanding the nature of comets, and calculating the parallax of the sun.