Gennadiy Borisov

Gennadiy Borisov
Born
Gennadiy Vladimirovich Borisov[1]

1962 (age 61–62)[2]
Kramatorsk[2]
Occupations
EmployerSternberg Astronomical Institute
Known forDiscovery of 2I/Borisov
SpouseNadezhda Borisova[citation needed]
AwardsEdgar Wilson Award (two awards in 2014)
MARGO observatory
Observatory codeL51
LocationNauchnyy, Bakhchysarai Raion, Crimea
Coordinates44°43′35″N 34°0′45″E / 44.72639°N 34.01250°E / 44.72639; 34.01250
Altitude574 m (1,883 ft)
Established2013[3]
Telescopes
GENON0.192 m (f/1.54)[1]
GENON0.192 m (f/1.54)
GENON Max0.300 m (f/1.5)[1]
GENON Max0.300 m (f/1.5)
Unnamed telescope0.65 m
Comets discovered by Gennadiy Borisov[4]
Designation Type
C/2013 N4 (Borisov) long-period
C/2013 V2 (Borisov) hyperbolic
C/2014 R1 (Borisov) near-parabolic
C/2014 Q3 (Borisov) Halley-type
C/2015 D4 (Borisov) long-period
C/2016 R3 (Borisov) long-period
C/2017 E1 (Borisov) hyperbolic
2I/Borisov hyperbolic, interstellar
C/2019 V1 (Borisov) near-parabolic
C/2020 Q1 (Borisov) long-period
C/2021 L3 (Borisov) hyperbolic

Gennadiy Vladimirovich Borisov (Russian: Генна́дий Влади́мирович Бори́сов; born in 1962 in Kramatorsk)[2] is a Russian [5]telescope maker and amateur astronomer who discovered the first-known interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov, in 2019.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference AstronomicalScientificCenter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference RusskayaPlaneta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MinorPlanetCirculars was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference JPLSolarSystemDynamics was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Overbye, Dennis (7 December 2019). "The Interstellar Comet Has Arrived in Time for the Holidays". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020.