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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.
479P/Elenin, with provisional designation P/ 2011 NO 1 (Elenin), is a periodic comet with an orbital period estimated at 13.3 years. [4]The comet was discovered on 7 July 2011 [2] when the comet was 2.38 AU from the Sun and 1.4 AU from the Earth and had an apparent magnitude of 19.5.
Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin (Russian: Леони́д Влади́мирович Еле́нин; born 10 August 1981) is a Russian amateur astronomer working with the ISON-NM observatory via the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), which is the first Russian remote observatory in the West.
Elenin (Russian: Еле́нин) may refer to: Leonid Elenin, a Russian amateur astronomer C/2010 X1, a long-period comet discovered by Leonid Elenin; Elenin Vrah, a mountain in Rila Municipality of Bulgaria; Platon Elenin, an alias of Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky
Comet hysteria is not uncommon. [102] Attempts have been made to correlate Elenin's alignments with the 2011 Japan earthquake, the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and 2010 Chile earthquake; however, even discounting Elenin's tiny size, earthquakes are driven by forces within the earth, and cannot be triggered by the passage of nearby objects. [103]
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth. On Wednesday, the comet made its closest approach to our sun and on ...
There were fears amongst the public that Comet Elenin travelling almost directly between Earth and the Sun would cause disturbances to the Earth's crust, causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. Others predicted that Elenin would collide with Earth on 16 October. Scientists tried to calm fears by stating that none of these events were possible.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been shining progressively brighter in recent weeks, and experts say that it is now bright enough to see with the unaided eye from dark areas. A zoomed-in image of Comet ...