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°E / 43.8182; 143.9037Coordinates: 43°49′06″N 143°54′13″E / 43.8182°N 143.9037°E / 43.8182; 143.9037
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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]

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]

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Notes

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