Kitami_Observatory

Kitami Observatory

Kitami Observatory

Observatory

Kitami Observatory is an astronomical 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]

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The amateur astronomers Atsushi Takahashi and Kazuro Watanabe discovered many asteroids here.[4] As of 2012, 680 discoveries have been made at Kitami.[5]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Longitude (in degrees east of Greenwich) and the parallax constants (rho sin phi' and rho cos phi')
  2. [2]
    MPC List of Observatory Codes found here, retrieved on March 20, 2007
  3. [3]
    Near-Earth Objects Dynamic Observatory list retrieved on March 20, 2007
  4. [4]
    Minor Planet Discoverers
  5. [5]
    Minor Planet Discovery Sites, Minor Planet Center, November 2, 2012, retrieved 2012-11-18
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