Piszkéstető Station
Coordinates: 47°55′05″N 019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E
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| Organization | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
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| Code | 461 | ||||||||
| Location | Piszkéstető, Mátra Mountains, Hungary | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°55′05″N 019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E | ||||||||
| Website | Hungarian Academy of Sciences Konkoly Observatory | ||||||||
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The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the IAU codes 461 and 561 for the Szeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.[1]
| see § List of discovered minor planets |
The observatory features four telescopes:[3]
- 60/90/180-centimetre Schmidt telescope since 1962
- 50-centimetre Cassegrain telescope since 1966
- 1-metre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 1974
- 40-centimetre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 2010
The minor planet 37432 Piszkéstető is named after the station, where it was discovered in 2002.[1]
List of discovered minor planets
| 181136 Losonczrita | 25 August 2005 | list |
| (238623) 2005 CL12 | 1 February 2005 | list |
| (240364) 2003 SQ129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (290129) 2005 QC152 | 31 August 2005 | list |
| (334756) 2003 RP7 | 4 September 2003 | list |
| (345648) 2006 TZ6 | 1 October 2006 | list |
| (378920) 2008 UP95 | 24 October 2008 | list |
| (384459) 2010 BM4 | 24 January 2010 | list |
| (390743) 2003 SD129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (399565) 2003 SZ128 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (405571) 2005 QE87 | 31 August 2005 | list |
| (413233) 2003 SB129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (423380) 2005 JD94 | 12 May 2005 | list |
| (423433) 2005 QL75 | 29 August 2005 | list |
| (446957) 2003 SD127 | 19 September 2003 | list |
| (461650) 2005 GP9 | 3 April 2005 | list |
| (464745) 2003 RQ7 | 5 September 2003 | list |
| (469773) 2005 QB76 | 30 August 2005 | list |
| (474440) 2003 NH5 | 5 July 2003 | list |
See also
- List of asteroid-discovering observatories
- List of minor planet discoverers § Discovering dedicated institutions
- List of observatory codes
References
- 1 2 "37432 Piszkesteto (2002 AE11)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ 40cm RC Telescope
External links
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