C/2010 X1 (Elenin) [SEP] discoverer or inventor
C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is an Oort cloud comet discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin on December 10, 2010, through remote control of the International Scientific Optical Network's robotic observatory near Mayhill in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The discovery was made using the automated asteroids discovery program CoLiTec. At the time of discovery, the comet had an apparent magnitude of 19.5, making it about 150,000 times fainter than can be seen with the naked eye. The discoverer, Leonid Elenin,
and June 4 magnitude estimates varied from 13.1 to 13.8)
- C/2010 X1 (Elenin) at Astrosite Groningen (magnitude and coma estimates)
- Latest image by Gustavo Muler on 02 August 2011 (comet 1.489AU from Earth)
- Bright Prospects for Comet Elenin? – Sky and Telescope (Kelly Beatty, December 24, 2010)
- So-So Prospects for Comet Elenin – Sky and Telescope (Kelly Beatty, April 12, 2011)
- C/2010 X1 (Elenin) at Kazuo Kinoshita
- MPEC