The list of
asteroid-discovering
observatories 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 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 establi ...
It is a private observatory near
Andrushivka
Andrushivka () is a city in Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to the 2020 administrative reform, it was the administrative center of the former Andrushivka Raion. Population: In 2001, population was 9,890.
The city is located in ...
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
Bohyeonsan or Bohyeon Mountain or Mount Bohyeon is located in the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do, eastern South Korea. Its peak has an elevation of , and is near the city of Yeongcheon.
The Bohyeon Mountain Starlight Festival takes place in summ ...
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 ...
, 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, Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory, BOAO (Korea), Xinglong Station (NAOC), Xinglong (China), and OAO (Japan), has a 2 ...
, 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 and
Japan. Each facility, BOAO (Korea),
Xinglong Station (NAOC) (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 observ ...
, a high dispersion
echelle spectrograph, and an
iodine absorption cell for precise RV measurements, looking for
extrasolar planet
An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...
s.
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station
Between 1968 and 1982,
Carlos Torres discovered or co-discovered with
S. Cofré and others a number of asteroids from the Chilean
Cerro El Roble Station
The National Astronomical Observatory of Chile (Spanish: ''Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Chile'' - OAN) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Department of Astronomy of the University of Chile (UCh). It is located on Ce ...
. It has discovered the following asteroids:
Chichibu Observatory
This is the private observatory of Naoto Sato in
Chichibu, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,159 in 26,380 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is .
Geography
Chichibu is in the westernmost part of Saitama. Unli ...
, Japan. This Observatory has IAU observatory code
369.
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 Associatio ...
is the director of the Geisei Observatory in
Geisei, Kōchi
270px, Kotogahama beach
is a village located in Aki District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 3,636 in 1767 households and a population density of 92 persons per km².The total area of the village is .
...
, 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 (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,
Japan. 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
The Sormano Astronomical Observatory ( it, Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano, obs. code: 587) is an astronomical observatory north of Milan, Italy. Located near the Swiss border at 1000 meters elevation at the mountain village of Sormano in the p ...
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,
Pierangelo Ghezzi,
Francesco Manca,
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 Observato ...
,
Graziano Ventre and
Augusto Testa
Augusto Testa (born 1950) is an Italian amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets
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-Eart ...
.
Marco Cavagna, 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 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 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
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 ...
,
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 (measurement), unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment ...
,
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 ci ...
.
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''.
List
References
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Observatory codes
*
Astrono ...
*
*
*
List of near-Earth object observation projects
List of near-Earth object observation projects is a list of projects that observe Near-Earth objects. Most are astronomical surveys intended to find undiscovered asteroids. They sometimes find comets.
Neo-chart.png, Annual NEA discoveries by s ...
References
External links
Minor planet discoverers (alphabetically)
{{Asteroids
*