Minor planets discovered: 20 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Artyom Olegovich Novichonok (Russian: Артём Олегович Новичонок; born 27 March 1988 in Kondopoga, Soviet Union (now Russia) is a Russian astronomer.[2] Since 2009, the Minor Planet Center credits him with several minor planets, co-discovered in collaboration with astronomers Dmitry Chestnov, Vladimir Gerke and Leonid Elenin at the American Tzec Maun Observatory (H10) in Mayhill, New Mexico, and the Russian Ka-Dar Observatory (C32), TAU Station, in Nizhny Arkhyz, respectively.[1]

He also discovered the periodic comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok) in 2011, and he was part of the group that discovered the hyperbolic Comet ISON in September 2012, with Vitaly Nevsky at Kondopoga, Russia.[2]

Discoveries

Comet ISON viewed by TRAPPIST in 2013

Comets

Together with Vitali Neveski, he discovered the comets:

List of discovered minor planets

228165 Mezentsev26 September 2009list [A]
231649 Korotkiy17 November 2009list [A]
(264156) 2009 WV517 November 2009list [A]
(269568) 2009 WS10525 November 2009list [A]
274981 Petrsu12 October 2009list [A]
(279340) 2009 YM617 December 2009list [A]
(296747) 2009 UB117 October 2009list [A]
(296818) 2009 WW517 November 2009list [A]
(328734) 2009 UA117 October 2009list [A]
(331056) 2009 WX17 November 2009list [A]
(359847) 2011 UK35228 September 2011list [B]
(369400) 2009 WS718 November 2009list [A]
(369485) 2010 UP616 October 2010list [C]
(379283) 2009 VF19 November 2009list [A]
(407154) 2009 UH218 October 2009list [A]
(407228) 2009 WY1020 November 2009list [A]
(407231) 2009 WA2521 November 2012list [A]
(441872) 2010 AC409 January 2010list [A]
(457939) 2009 VG19 November 2009list [A]
(465786) 2010 AU6011 January 2010list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A D. Chestnov
B V. Gerke
C L. Elenin

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 Andrea Tabor (8 February 2013). "An interview with Comet ISON's co-discoverer". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Profile at Petrozavodsk State University
  4. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: P/2011 R3 (Novichonok)" (2014-04-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 February 2017.


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