Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory () is a private

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in the town suburbs of

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. The population in 2023 is 8669 people. The city is located in the ...

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately H ...

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. It was established in 2001. The founder and director of the observatory is Yuri Ivashchenko. The observatory has IAU

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A50. On September 18, 2003 the observatory discovered a

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, which was later named after the town, 133293 Andrushivka. On October 17, 2007, 175636 Zvyagel was discovered at the observatory. It was named Zvyagel as it was the 750th anniversary of the city. On August 25, 2008 another main belt asteroid was discovered which was named 274301 Wikipedia after the encyclopedia in January 2013.IA
Minor Planet Circular 82403
(January 27, 2013)

Instruments

The main instrument is a 60 cm Zeiss-600

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made by Carl Zeiss Jena.

List of discovered minor planets

More than a hundred minor planets were discovered at the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, not counting yet unnumbered bodies such as the

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of the

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group, , for which the observatory will be likely credited with its discovery by the

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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 = 4 September 2016 , access-date = 2 November 2016 {{cite web , title = 133293 Andrushivka (2003 SA33) , work = Minor Planet Center , url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=133293 , access-date = 2 November 2016

External links

Web Sites of Astrometrica Users
at www.astrometrica.at Andrushivka Astronomical observatories in Ukraine Buildings and structures in Zhytomyr Oblast Buildings and structures completed in 2001 * Minor-planet discovering observatories

Instruments

List of discovered minor planets

See also

References

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