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The Starkenburg Observatory (german: Starkenburg-Sternwarte) is an
Starkenburg-Sternwarte e.V.
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The Starkenburg Observatory (german: Starkenburg-Sternwarte) 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 ...
in Heppenheim, Germany. It was founded in 1970, and currently has about 150 members.
The observatory was the venue for the 1997 and 2003 meetings of the European Radio Astronomy Congress. The amateur astronomers at the observatory have discovered more than 40 asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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s and participate in the tracking of near earth asteroids.
The instruments at the observatory consists of:
* 0.45-meter newtonian
* 0.356-meter Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
* 0.30-meter newtonian
* 0.20-meter refractor
* 0.15-meter refractor
* 0.10-meter refractor
* 0.19-meter flat-field camera
* 0.14-meter Schmidt camera
The two main-belt asteroids 6864 Starkenburg and 14080 Heppenheim were named in honor of the medieval castle, the adjunct observatory and the nearby town Heppenheim, respectively.
List of discovered minor planets
As of 2016, IAU'sMinor 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.
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(MPC) credits the discovery of 52 numbered minor planets directly to the observatory (group discovery) including 47 discoveries to "Starkenburg" (1997–2009), and 5 discoveries to "Heppenheim" (1997–2002), for which no apparent distinction can be made.
For the table below, the mentioned astronomers may or may not be credited directly with the discovery by the MPC. Instead, the discovery site/observatory, "Starkenburg" or "Heppenheim", may be the sole credited discoverer, as for 18610 Arthurdent
18610 Arthurdent, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 February 1998, by a team of astronomers including Felix Hormuth at Starkenbur ...
(discovered at Heppenheim by Starkenburg).
See also
* List of astronomical observatories * Sankt Andreasberg Observatory * Sonneberg Observatory *Stuttgart Observatory
Stuttgart Observatory (german: Sternwarte Stuttgart; 025) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the association Schwäbische Sternwarte e.V. It is located on the Uhlandshöhe in Stuttgart, Germany. Public tours have been held si ...
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