Leonid Elenin
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Leonid Elenin
@leonidelenin.bsky.social
Writer and astronomer
Bright and slow bolide over Moscow region (Russia) on Oct, 27.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Something man-made over Moscow this morning.
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Active #asteriod / main-belt #comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro. This object orbits within the main-belt of asteroids, but shows comet activity.🔭

It was proposed to visit this world with an @esa.int space probe (in 2015/16), but the mission was not selected.

#JWST NIRCam image (F200W calibration level 2)
October 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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An #asteroid passed just 300 km above Antarctica earlier today. It was not discovered until hours after close approach.
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Actuellement deux comètes présentes dans notre système solaire semblent se tirer la bourre. Leur nom de code : C/2025 K1 ATLAS (à gauche) et C/2025 R2 SWAN (à droite). En réalité leurs trajectoires respectives sont très différentes.
Reunion Island - 20 septembre 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Prediscovery Activity of New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: A Dynamically-Old Comet?
astrobiology.com/2025/09/pred... #astrobiology #Interstellar
Prediscovery Activity of New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: A Dynamically-Old Comet? - Astrobiology
We report on the prediscovery observations and constraints of the new interstellar comet 3I/2025 N1 (ATLAS)
astrobiology.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A Fast Machine Learning Tool To Predict The Composition Of Astronomical Ices From Infrared Absorption Spectra
astrobiology.com/2025/09/a-fa... #astrobiology #MachineLearning #AI
A Fast Machine Learning Tool To Predict The Composition Of Astronomical Ices From Infrared Absorption Spectra - Astrobiology
Current observations taken by James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allow us to observe the absorption features of icy mantles
astrobiology.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Isotopic Composition Of Cometary Water And The Origin Of Earth's Oceans
astrobiology.com/2025/09/isot... #astrobiology #astrochemistry
Isotopic Composition Of Cometary Water And The Origin Of Earth's Oceans - Astrobiology
Studies of the water content and isotopic composition of water-rich asteroids and comets are of key interest
astrobiology.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Day 242 - #retrorandom - Sadly, this Belgian beauty isn't mine, it belonged to an exhibitor at the 2019 Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge. I would however REALLY REALLY like one. Built by disgruntled Texas Instruments employees around the 8080 processor - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAI_Per...
August 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#Hubble 🛰️🔭 images of #Saturn from yesterday, a 🧵

From proposal 17843 (PI: Amy Simon) archive.stsci.edu/proposal_sea...

First image with Filters F225W, F467M, F763M Observing start Time 20:24:08 to 20:28:15
August 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM