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asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...
-discovering
observatories An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Th ...
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. Funct ...
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 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 ...
in
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 ...
,
Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. 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 o ...
, is a member of the East-Asian Planet Search Network, an international collaboration between
Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. 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 reflecto ...
(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 (electromagnetic radiation), absorption, or Reflection (physics), reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was an optical instrument using len ...
, a high dispersion
echelle spectrograph An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify mater ...
, and an
iodine Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists at standard conditions as a semi-lustrous, non-metallic solid that melts to form a deep violet liquid at , and boils to a vi ...
absorption cell for precise RV measurements, looking for
extrasolar planet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet was in 1992 around a pulsar, and the first detection around a main-sequence star was in 1995. A different planet, first detect ...
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 C ...
. 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. Unlik ...
, 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 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 . G ...
, 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 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 ...
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 is a Cities of Japan, 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 ...
,
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. This astronomy society was founded in 1983. It has discovered the following asteroids:


Oaxaca Observatory

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...
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 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 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:


Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory

The
Rozhen Observatory Rozhen Observatory (, ''НАО-Рожен''; , ''NAO-Rozhen''), also known as the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory, is an astronomical observatory, located in the Smolyan Province, 90 kilometers south of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. ...
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
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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
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. It has discovered the following asteroids:


See also

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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:Observato ...
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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, and they sometimes find comets. NEA by survey.svg, Annual NEA discoveri ...


References


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Minor planet discoverers (alphabetically)








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