Artyom Novichonok

Minor planets discovered: 20 
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. 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.

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.

Discoveries

Comet ISON viewed by TRAPPIST in 2013
See also: Category:Discoveries by Artyom Novichonok

Comets

Together with Vitali Neveski, he discovered the comets:

List of discovered minor planets

228165 Mezentsev 26 September 2009 list [A]
231649 Korotkiy 17 November 2009 list [A]
(264156) 2009 WV5 17 November 2009 list [A]
(269568) 2009 WS105 25 November 2009 list [A]
274981 Petrsu 12 October 2009 list [A]
(279340) 2009 YM6 17 December 2009 list [A]
(296747) 2009 UB1 17 October 2009 list [A]
(296818) 2009 WW5 17 November 2009 list [A]
(328734) 2009 UA1 17 October 2009 list [A]
(331056) 2009 WX 17 November 2009 list [A]
(359847) 2011 UK352 28 September 2011 list [B]
(369400) 2009 WS7 18 November 2009 list [A]
(369485) 2010 UP6 16 October 2010 list [C]
(379283) 2009 VF1 9 November 2009 list [A]
(407154) 2009 UH2 18 October 2009 list [A]
(407228) 2009 WY10 20 November 2009 list [A]
(407231) 2009 WA25 21 November 2012 list [A]
(441872) 2010 AC40 9 January 2010 list [A]
(457939) 2009 VG1 9 November 2009 list [A]
(465786) 2010 AU60 11 January 2010 list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A D. Chestnov
B V. Gerke
C L. Elenin

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b 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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