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 The Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory is a private observatory near Andrushivka in Zhytomyr oblast , Ukraine . The observatory has IAU observatory code A50.[1]
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory The telescope atop Mount Bohyeon is among the items pictured on the back of the country's 10,000 won note .[2] The Korean Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO ), located at Mount Bohyeon near the city of Yeongcheon , is a member of the East-Asian Planet Search Network , an international collaboration between Korea , China and Japan . Each facility, BOAO (Korea), Xinglong Station (NAOC) (China), and Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (Japan), has a 2 m class telescope , a high dispersion echelle spectrograph , and an iodine absorption cell for precise RV measurements, looking for extrasolar planets .[3]
It has discovered the following asteroids:
34666 Bohyunsan 63145 Choemuseon 63156 Yicheon 68719 Jangyeongsil 72021 Yisunji 72059 Heojun 94400 Hongdaeyong 95016 Kimjeongho 99503 Leewonchul 106817 Yubangtaek 118931 123532 123741 126172 126578 Suhhosoo 149119 153236 155813 156550 156984 161021 165390 165406 166139 166143 168878 168911 174076 179553 182205 189787 193158 Haechan 193397 193457 193487 201424 203603 201424 203603 205557 205834 208538 219878 225969 228384 234637 234651 244269 247151 250028 250035 252128 257944 270440 279960 285801 286606 287454 302083 306710 307120 310514 313113 322925 323107 336894 337292 347579 350819 354147 416027 434010 455297 483458 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 . It has discovered the following asteroids:
Chichibu Observatory This is the private observatory of Naoto Sato in Chichibu, Saitama , Japan.[4] This Observatory has IAU observatory code 369 .[1]
It has discovered the following asteroids:
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:
13389 Stacey 27267 Wiberg 29651 31318 31420 37280 44468 44545 47044 Mcpainter 49298 49465 56081 76229 82076 85857 106851 123747 134935 138113 138563 153216 155845 Geisei Observatory Tsutomu Seki 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:
42113 Jura 42191 Thurmann 46095 Frederickoby 57658 Nilrem 68718 Safi 77755 Delemont 84902 Porrentruy 88906 Moutier 95771 Lachat 99824 Polnareff 113415 Rauracia 115950 Kocherpeter 117736 Sherrod 125076 Michelmayor 126160 Fabienkuntz 126748 Mariegerbet 128629 129078 Animoo 129137 Hippolochos 143577 143622 Robertbloch 145456 145559 145565 152190 155018 162937 Prêtre 163380 Kingsnake Observatory It has discovered the following asteroids:
37390 52004 64838 68570 72945 83972 84618 84650 84717 84722 84830 90434 94771 99373 114094 Irvpatterson 114096 Haroldbier 114097 114153 115431 115490 115491 116143 125524 126444 Wylie 126445 Prestonreeves 127929 128266 131701 133558 135515 141397 141398 149924 151197 156372 156703 157072 159167 160956 163958 164185 402070 405304 405305 416546 430523 443992 506466 Kitami Observatory Kitami Observatory has discovered the following asteroids:
Lime Creek Observatory Private observatory of Robert Linderholm (1933–2013); it discovered the following asteroids:
10195 Nebraska 10392 Brace 11726 Edgerton 14969 Willacather 16750 Marisandoz 19294 Weymouth 20328 23763 24918 Tedkooser 27909 28005 29518 31054 33051 46670 48702 49109 Agnesraab 52688 53008 66846 Franklederer 70721 75057 91598 129539 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.[5]
It has discovered the following asteroids:
Oaxaca Observatory Oaxaca Observatory 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 , Pierangelo Ghezzi , Francesco Manca , Paolo Chiavenna , Graziano Ventre and Augusto Testa .
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:
10194 10895 Aynrand 14075 Kenwill 14093 14529 14531 14983 17638 Sualan 17642 18502 27950 29454 31125 32962 32963 32966 35279 35283 Bradtimerson 44004 52594 52598 52607 65866 69549 85482 100459 101506 120714 160529 192416 221983 267036 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:
48047 Houghten 51430 Ireneclaire 65213 72993 77971 107379 107396 107397 107398 107559 107560 108324 113967 113974 115775 116192 116651 126950 128026 131186 Pauluckas 131187 131193 131221 132280 149307 149968 Trondal 151875 151885 155142 Tenagra 157456 Pivatte 157747 Mandryka 159717 159853 161299 163226 163630 163731 163733 400726 403549 409134 411200 416477 430688 436343 436352 438955 519108 Tzec Maun Observatory (Mayhill) It has discovered the following asteroids:
207901 Tzecmaun 216433 Milianleo 216439 Lyubertsy 228165 Mezentsev 229899 231649 Korotkiy 233925 239664 241418 Darmstadt 249452 257261 Ovechkin 263932 Speyer 264020 Stuttgart 264061 Vitebsk 264156 266836 269390 Igortkachenko 269447 269567 Bakhtinov 269568 269589 Kryachko 274835 Aachen 274981 Petrsu 279037 279274 Shurpakov 279340 281661 281811 281825 283117 296345 296505 296530 296563 296747 296818 296866 296881 301061 Egelsbach 301221 301394 Bensheim 301522 305754 312561 316042 Tilofranz 316056 325558 Guyane 328472 328477 Eckstein 328704 328734 328791 328830 331056 332633 336698 Melbourne 342277 343138 343251 343323 352945 355924 356157 356261 359243 362241 365243 365758 367605 367864 369400 372562 376084 Annettepeter 378917 Stefankarge 379155 Volkerheinrich 379283 384045 389293 Hasubick 398042 400674 400697 400729 407154 407228 407231 410769 410965 410983 411144 414585 419285 419366 419730 509923 529432 Uenohara Observatory It has discovered the following asteroids:
4381 Uenohara 4749 Ledzeppelin (5336) 1991 JE1 (5525) 1991 TS4 (5752) 1992 CJ (5874) 1989 XB (5882) 1992 WW5 (6409) 1992 VC 7427 7471 7836 7877 7878 8093 8854 (9989) 1997 SG16 11543 11894 11920 12330 12331 12332 12361 13135 13568 13799 14043 14430 14642 14978 15479 15480 16805 16808 16890 17495 24957 25277 25285 25473 25753 26975 28268 29726 32857 44932 44955 46732 47079 47339 48839 52659 53091 53148 53548 56101 59214 60407 63164 66191 66209 69840 70778 71003 74344 74404 74442 79352 80700 85858 100513 101459 118250 118289 121664 129725 134654 134748 136829 137919 145837 145844 146008 168445 168472 186099 192433 202941 257753 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 , 12533 Edmond , 13436 Enid , 13688 Oklahoma , at Zeno Observatory (observatory code 727 ) in Edmond, Oklahoma .
It has discovered the following asteroids:
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