Gennadiy Borisov
Gennadiy Borisov | |||||||||||
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| Born | Gennadiy Vladimirovich Borisov 1962 (age 63–64) Kramatorsk, USSR | ||||||||||
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| Employer | Sternberg Astronomical Institute | ||||||||||
| Known for | Discovery of 2I/Borisov | ||||||||||
| Awards | multiple Edgar Wilson Awards | ||||||||||
| MARGO observatory | |||||||||||
| Observatory code | L51 | ||||||||||
| Location | Nauchnyi, Bakhchysarai Raion, Crimea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°43′35″N 34°0′45″E / 44.72639°N 34.01250°E | ||||||||||
| Altitude | 574 m (1,883 ft) | ||||||||||
| Established | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Gennadiy Vladimirovich Borisov (Russian: Генна́дий Влади́мирович Бори́сов; born 1962 in Kramatorsk) is a Crimean telescope maker and amateur astronomer who discovered the first-known interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov, in 2019.