Los Molinos Observatory

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Los Molinos Observatory is located in Uruguay
Los Molinos Observatory
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Los Molinos Observatory (Spanish: Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos, OALM; obs. code: 844) is an astronomical observatory owned by the Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Uruguay and operated in collaboration with the University of the Republic's Astronomy Department. It is located near the city of Las Piedras, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

The observatory is actively involved in follow-up observations of small bodies in the Solar System such as asteroids and comets.[2] It has the observatory code 844.[3]

The main-belt asteroid 10476 Los Molinos, discovered by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in 1981, was named after this observatory.[2] The official naming citation was published on 13 April 2017 by the Minor Planet Center (M.P.C. 103975).[4]

Discoveries

  • Main belt asteroid, 68853 Vaimaca, on 19 April 2002[5]
  • Main belt asteroid, 73342 Guyunusa, on 4 May 2002[6]
  • Variable star, VSX J034330.8-442815, on 18 November 2011[7]
  • Variable star, VSX J074722.4+220414, on 19 November 2011[8]

References

  1. ^ "Who we are". OALM. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "10476 Los Molinos(1981 EY38)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "List of Observatory Codes". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 August 2015. 844 303.80982 0.822499 -0.566884 Observatorio Astronomico Los Molinos
  4. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "(68853) Vaimaca". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ^ "(73342) Guyunusa". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  7. ^ "VSX J034330.8-442815". The International Variable Star Index – AAVSO. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "VSX J074722.4+220414". The International Variable Star Index – AAVSO. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  • Official "UNESCO" AR 127 telescope giving to "Los Molinos"
  • Physical and dynamical characteristics of icy "dwarf planets" (plutoids) – Gonzalo Tancredi, Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos


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