Astronomy:Los Molinos Observatory
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
- ↑ "Who we are". OALM. http://www.oalm.gub.uy/en/institutional.html. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "10476 Los Molinos(1981 EY38)". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=10476. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "List of Observatory Codes". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/ObsCodesF.html. Retrieved 28 August 2015. "844 303.80982 0.822499 -0.566884 Observatorio Astronomico Los Molinos"
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "(68853) Vaimaca". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=68853+Vaimaca. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "(73342) Guyunusa". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=73342+Guyunusa. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "VSX J034330.8-442815". The International Variable Star Index – AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=270875. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "VSX J074722.4+220414". The International Variable Star Index – AAVSO. https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=270883. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
External links
- 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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