The Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin , worked at the Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS Keldysh, opened his third comet. About this researcher said “Gazeta.ru”. Circular published on the opening Online Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union, the object was designated MPEC 2014-X66: COMET P / 2014 X1 (ELENIN).
Now the comet is at a distance of about 0.877 AU from the Earth and the Sun – a distance of 1.837 astronomical units (1 astronomical unit – the average distance from the Earth to the Sun, it is 149,600,000 km). orbit, which was restored by the available observations , says that much closer to the Earth comet will not be, so watch it with the naked eye will not work. At the moment, its magnitude is about 17 m , while the human eye is able to see objects the size of 6 m and less.
In 2010, Elenin was the first in 20 years a Russian , discovered the comet.
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