The Jura Observatory (french: Observatoire astronomique jurassien) is an
astronomical observatory
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 ...
owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society (french: Société Jurassienne d'Astronomie, link=no; SJA). Built in 1993/1998, it is located near
Vicques in the
Canton of Jura,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Its
IAU observatory code is
185
Year 185 ( CLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lascivius and Atilius (or, less frequently, year 938 '' Ab urbe co ...
.
On August 28, 2008,
Michel Ory discovered the
periodic comet
Periodic comets (also known as short-period comets) are comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years or that have been observed during more than a single perihelion passage (e.g. 153P/Ikeya–Zhang). "Periodic comet" is also sometimes used ...
P/2008 Q2 (Ory) at the observatory.
Oukaïmeden Observatory
The Jura Astronomy Society, in collaboration with French amateur astronomer
Claudine Rinner and the
Cadi Ayyad University
Cadi Ayyad University ( ar, جامعة القاضي عياض ''jāmiʿat al-qāḍī ʿayyāḍ'', french: Université Cadi Ayyad) is a university in Marrakesh and one of the largest universities in Morocco. One of its associated colleges, the ...
, also participates in the ''Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey'' (MOSS), using a remote 0.5-meter telescope at ''Oukaïmeden Observatory'' (), which is operated by the university since 2007. The observatory is located in the
High Atlas mountains, 50 kilometers south of
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
, Morocco.
List of discovered minor planets
See also
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References
{{reflist
, refs=
[{{cite web
, title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
, work = Minor Planet Center
, url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
, date = 14 November 2016
, access-date = 23 November 2016]
[{{cite web
, title = Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey
, work = MOSS Observatory
, url = http://www.moss-observatory.org/
, date = 9 May 2016
, access-date = 23 November 2016]
External links
Jura Observatory homepage of the ''Jura Astronomy Society''
MOSS projectOptical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmedenin the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics
Astronomical observatories in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in the canton of Jura
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Minor-planet discovering observatories