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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
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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 ...
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).


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

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
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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 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 ...
,
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
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Zeno Observatory

Tom Stafford discovered a number of asteroids since 1997, including
12061 Alena 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...
,
12533 Edmond 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
, 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

* *
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 ...
* * * List of near-Earth object observation projects


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Minor planet discoverers (alphabetically)








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