The Observatory of Turin ( it, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, links=no, also known as Pino Torinese;
obs. code:
022) 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 Italy's
National Institute for Astrophysics
The National Institute for Astrophysics ( it, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, or INAF) is an Italian research institute in astronomy and astrophysics, founded in 1999. INAF funds and operates twenty separate research facilities, which in turn e ...
( it, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF). It is located on the top of a hill in the town of
Pino Torinese
Pino Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin.
Pino Torinese borders the following municipalities: Turin, Baldissero Torinese, Chieri, Pecetto Torin ...
near
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, in the north Italian
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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region. The observatory was founded in 1759. At Pino Torinese, several asteroid discoveries were made by Italian astronomer
Luigi Volta
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 ...
in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The asteroid
2694 Pino Torinese
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was named after the observatory's location.
Asteroids discovered at Pino Torinese
See also
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in ...
References
External links
Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino
Torino
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...
1759 establishments in Italy
Pino Torinese
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