Leonid Elenin

Who is Leonid Elenin?

Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin is a Russian amateur astronomer working with the ISON-NM observatory via the International Scientific Optical Network, which is the first Russian remote observatory in the West.

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

Leonid Elenin is best known for discovering the comet C/2010 X1 on 10 December 2010. Elenin then discovered comet P/2011 NO1 on 7 July 2011.

The first asteroid discovered by Leonid Elenin was 2008 XE on 1 December 2008 at Tzec. The first amor asteroid discovered by Elenin was 2010 RN₈₀ on 10 September 2010 at ISON-NM.

Elenin has also discovered the trailing L5 Jupiter trojan 2011 QJ₉ on 23 August 2011, the Mars-crossing asteroid 2011 QD₂₃ on 25 August 2011, and the amor asteroid 2011 QY₃₇ on 27 August 2011. The first numbered asteroid discovered by Elenin at ISON-NM is 2010 WZ₇₁.

On 29 January 2013, the Minor Planet Center awarded Leonid Elenin a 2012 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets by amateurs.