List of asteroid-discovering observatories
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, and sometimes the credit is given to an organization.
– as of January 2018
Observatories
[Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory]
It is a private observatory near Andrushivka in Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine. The observatory has IAU observatory code A50.It has discovered the following asteroids:
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory
The Korean Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory, 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, Xinglong Station , and Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, has a 2m class telescope, a high dispersion echelle spectrograph, and an iodine absorption cell for precise RV measurements, looking for extrasolar planets.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. It has discovered the following asteroids:Chichibu Observatory
This is the private observatory of Naoto Sato in Chichibu, Saitama, 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
Emerald Lane Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:Fair Oaks Ranch Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:Geisei Observatory
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:Kingsnake Observatory
It has discovered the following asteroids:[Kitami Observatory]
It has discovered the following asteroids:Lime Creek Observatory
It has 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 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: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 :Zeno Observatory
discovered a number of asteroids since 1997, including 12061 Alena, 12533 Edmond, 13436 Enid, 13688 Oklahoma, at Zeno Observatory in Edmond, Oklahoma.It has discovered the following asteroids: