The list of
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
-discovering
observatories
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. His ...
contains a section for each observatory which has discovered one or more asteroids, along with a list of those asteroids.
For each numbered asteroid, the
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
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lists one or more discoverers who have been given credit for the discovery. Sometimes these are individuals (by modern rules there can be no more than three co-discoverers), and sometimes the credit is given to an organization (for instance, Purple Mountain Observatory).
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Observatories
Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory
Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory ( uk, italic=yes, Андрушівська астрономічна обсерваторія) is a private astronomical observatory in the town suburbs of Andrushivka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It was establis ...
It is a private observatory near
Andrushivka in
Zhytomyr oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. The observatory has IAU observatory code A50.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory
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The Korean Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO), located at
Mount Bohyeon near the city of
Yeongcheon
Yeongcheon () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yeongcheon is located southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction of t ...
, is a member of the
East-Asian Planet Search Network East-Asian Planet Search Network, (EAPSNET), is an international collaboration between China, Japan, and Korea. Each facility, BOAO (Korea), Xinglong (China), and OAO (Japan), has a 2m class telescope, a high dispersion echelle spectrograph, and a ...
, an international collaboration between
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Each facility, BOAO (Korea),
Xinglong Station (NAOC)
Xinglong Station () is an observatory (IAU code 327) situated south of the main peak of the Yan Mountains in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei province, China. Installed are seven telescopes: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe; a 60 cm reflect ...
(China), and Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (Japan), has a 2 m class
telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally meaning only an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe ...
, a high dispersion
echelle spectrograph
An echelle grating (from French ''échelle'', meaning "ladder") is a type of diffraction grating characterised by a relatively low groove density, but a groove shape which is optimized for use at high incidence angles and therefore in high diffract ...
, and an
iodine
Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists as a semi-lustrous, non-metallic solid at standard conditions that melts to form a deep violet liquid at , and boils to a vi ...
absorption cell for precise RV measurements, looking for
extrasolar planets.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station
Between 1968 and 1982,
Carlos Torres discovered or co-discovered with
S. Cofré
S. Cofré is or was a Chilean astronomer of the University of Chile, and co-discoverer of 11 minor planets together with Chilean astronomer Carlos Torres from the Cerro El Roble astronomical observatory, Chile, in 1968. One of her co-discoverie ...
and others a number of asteroids from the Chilean
Cerro El Roble Station. It has discovered the following asteroids:
Chichibu Observatory
This is the private observatory of Naoto Sato in
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. This Observatory has IAU observatory code
369
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.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
*6991 Chichibu
*7038 Tokorozawa
*7851 Azumino
*8581 Johnen
*8924 Iruma
*8933 Kurobe
*9230 Yasuda
*9418 Mayumi
*10224 Hisashi
*10880 Kaguya
*10916 Okina-Ouna
*11114
*11607
*12027 Masaakitanaka
*12031 Kobaton
*12432 Usuda
*12456 Genichiaraki
*12460 Mando
*12469 Katsuura
*13188 Okinawa
*13654 Masuda
*13694
*15884 Maspalomas
*15916 Shigeoyamada
*16716
*16723 Fumiofuke
*16790 Yuuzou
*16796 Shinji
*16826 Daisuke
*16853 Masafumi
*17612 Whiteknight
*17656 Hayabusa
*17657 Himawari
*17666
*18469 Hakodate
*18488
*18520 Wolfratshausen
*18553 Kinkakuji
*20193 Yakushima,
*21250 Kamikouchi
*21302 Shirakamisanchi
*21348 Toyoteru
*22470 Shirakawa-go
*23586
*23628 Ichimura
*23630
*23638 Nagano
*23649 Tohoku
*23963
*25302 Niim
*26223 Enari
*26224
*26902
*26990 Culbertson
*26998 Iriso
*27918 Azusagawa
*27982 Atsushimiyazaki
*27991 Koheijimiura
*27997 Bandos
*28173 Hisakichi
*28174 Harue
*29420 Ikuo
*29421
*29514 Karatsu
*29644
*31075
*31083
*31084
*31087 Oirase
*31095 Buneiou
*31179 Gongju
*31199
*32984
*32990 Sayo-hime
*32998
*33070
*33088
*33096
*35322
*35400
*35401
*37743
*37746
*39818
*43919
*43949
*44012
*48734
*52479
*52546
*52550
*52623
*52629
*53019
*55883
*58410
*58613
*58614
*58619
*58620
*58662
*58667
*65838
*69411
*69482
*69486
*69490
*69562
*73867
*73968
*90880
*90883
*90951
*90955
*90982
*96319
*96321
*96368
*96369
*96372
*100389
*100499
*100689
*100703
*101431
*118230 Sado
*120665
*120741 Iijimayuichi
*120974
*129600
*136743 Echigo
*136790
*160025
*162144
*164696
*175768
*192452
*200141
*210489
*251709
*269706
*297291
*336762
Dynic Astronomical Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Emerald Lane Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Fair Oaks Ranch Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Geisei Observatory
Tsutomu Seki
is a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets, born in Kōchi, Japan.
Career
Tsutomu Seki is the Director of the Geisei Observatory in Kōchi, and in charge of the Comet Section of the Oriental Astronomical Association. ...
is the director of the Geisei Observatory in
Geisei, Kōchi, Japan.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Jurassien-Vicques Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Kingsnake Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Kitami Observatory
Kitami Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Its observatory code is 400. It is 0.72344 Earth radii from the rotation axis and +0.68811 Earth radii from the equatorial ...
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Lime Creek Observatory
Private observatory of
Robert Linderholm
Robert Glen Linderholm (October 19, 1933 – July 6, 2013) was an American amateur astronomer who discovered several asteroids. He lived in Cambridge, Nebraska, Cambridge, Nebraska where he had a private observatory, Lime Creek Observatory, Lime ...
(1933–2013); it discovered the following asteroids:
Mount Nyukasa Station
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Nanyo Observatory
Nanyo Civil Astronomical Observatory was established in 1986 by the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club, located in
Nan'yō, Yamagata
is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 31,112 in 11379 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Nan'yo is located in the norther ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. This astronomy society was founded in 1983.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Oaxaca Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Agliale
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Pianoro
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano
The
Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy has discovered the asteroid
344581 Albisetti. Previously accredited discoveries have now been reassigned to the various amateur astronomers using the observatory. These include
Valter Giuliani,
Piero Sicoli
Piero Sicoli (born 1954) is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, observing at the Italian Sormano Astronomical Observatory. As the observatory's coordinator, he is responsible for close encounters computation of near-Earth objec ...
,
Pierangelo Ghezzi
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...
,
Francesco Manca
Francesco Manca (born November 1966, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy.
Manca also performs follow-up astrometry of near-Earth objects (NEO ...
,
Paolo Chiavenna
Paolo Chiavenna is an Italian amateur astronomer and a co-discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 15 minor planets during 1995–2000.
He is an active observer at the Sormano Astronomical Observator ...
,
Graziano Ventre
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...
and
Augusto Testa
Augusto Testa (born 1950) is an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, observing at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy. According to the Minor Planet Center, he has discovered numerous asteroids during ...
.
Marco Cavagna
Marco Cavagna (1958 – August 9, 2005) was an Italian amateur astronomer.
During his career, Cavagna discovered numerous asteroids, operating from the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Sormano, northern Italy. The Minor Planet Center credits ...
, was also an observer and discoverer of minor planets at Sormano until his death in 2005. The observatory's 0.5-meter telescope was named in his honor.
Osservatorio Colleverde di Guidonia
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Rand Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory
The
Rozhen Observatory
Rozhen Observatory ( bg, Национална астрономическа обсерватория - Рожен, ''НАО-Рожен''; en, National Astronomical Observatory - Rozhen, ''NAO-Rozhen''), also known as the Bulgarian National Astron ...
has discovered the following asteroids:
Sendai Astronomical Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Sunflower Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Tenagra II Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Tzec Maun Observatory (Mayhill)
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Uenohara Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Uto Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Yatsugatake-Kobuchizawa
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Yorii Observatory
At Yorii Observatory, Japanese amateur astronomers
Masaru Arai
is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 45 minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an ...
and
Hiroshi Mori have discovered 45 minor planets (credited by the MPC as per 2016
Scr
Zeno Observatory
Tom Stafford discovered a number of asteroids since 1997, including
12061 Alena,
12533 Edmond
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,
13436 Enid,
13688 Oklahoma, at Zeno Observatory (observatory code
727) in
Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. The population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States Census, making it the fifth largest cit ...
.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
See also
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List of observatory codes
This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, ''see observations of small Solar System bodies
Observations of minor planets as well as comets and natural satellite ...
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List of near-Earth object observation projects
References
External links
Minor planet discoverers (alphabetically)
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