Kitami Observatory
| Kitami Observatory | |
|---|---|
| Organization | Kitami Region Museum of Science History and Art |
| Code | 400 |
| Location | Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Coordinates | 43°49′06″N 143°54′13″E / 43.8182°N 143.9037°ECoordinates: 43°49′06″N 143°54′13″E / 43.8182°N 143.9037°E |
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Kitami Observatory is an observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Its observatory code [1] is 400.[2] It is 0.72344 Earth radii from the rotation axis and +0.68811 Earth radii from the equatorial plane, 143.7827 degrees east of Greenwich.[3]
The amateur astronomers Atsushi Takahashi and Kazuo Watanabe discovered a large number of asteroids here.[4] As of 2012, 680 discoveries have been made at Kitami.[5]
See also
- Kin Endate
- List of observatories
Notes
- ↑ Longitude (in degrees east of Greenwich) and the parallax constants (rho sin phi' and rho cos phi')
- ↑ MPC List of Observatory Codes found here, retrieved on March 20, 2007
- ↑ Near-Earth Objects Dynamic Observatory list retrieved on March 20, 2007
- ↑ Minor Planet Discoverers
- ↑ Minor Planet Discovery Sites, Minor Planet Center, November 2, 2012, retrieved 2012-11-18
External links
- Kitami Region Museum of Science History and Art official website (Japanese)