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List of minor planets: 208001–209000

Index List of minor planets: 208001–209000

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70 relations: Akimasa Nakamura, Anderson Mesa Station, Andrea Boattini, Apache Point Observatory, Apollo asteroid, Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey, Aten asteroid, Badlands Observatory, Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Bergisch Gladbach Observatory, Bisei Spaceguard Center, Brazos Bend State Park, Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, Catalina Sky Survey, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chad Trujillo, Charles W. Juels, Cima Ekar Observing Station, Deep Lens Survey, Desert Beaver Observatory, Desert Eagle Observatory, Drebach Observatory, Eric Walter Elst, Farpoint Observatory, Gary Hug, Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Haleakalā, Hilda asteroid, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Kleť Observatory, Korado Korlević, Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory, Kvistaberg Observatory, La Silla Observatory, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, List of asteroid-discovering observatories, List of minor planet discoverers, List of observatory codes, Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, Luciano Tesi, Marc William Buie, Michael E. Brown, Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking, Nogales, Arizona, Ondřejov Observatory, Palomar Observatory, Paul G. Comba, Paulo R. Holvorcem, Peter Kušnirák, Petr Pravec, ..., Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory, Plutino, Potentially hazardous object, Prescott Observatory, Rafael Ferrando, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Roy A. Tucker, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Sebastian F. Hönig, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Socorro, New Mexico, Spacewatch, Starkenburg Observatory, Thierry Pauwels, Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey, Višnjan Observatory, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Wolf Bickel, Xinglong Station (NAOC), (208996) 2003 AZ84. Expand index (20 more) »

Akimasa Nakamura

(born 1961) is a Japanese astronomer.

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Anderson Mesa Station

Anderson Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory.

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Andrea Boattini

Andrea Boattini (born 16 September 1969) is an Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.

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Apache Point Observatory

The Apache Point Observatory (APO; obs. code: 705) is an astronomical observatory located in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico, United States, approximately south of Cloudcroft.

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Apollo asteroid

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

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Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey

The Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS; obs. code: 209) is an astronomical survey to search for comets and asteroids, with special emphasis on near-Earth objects.

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Aten asteroid

The Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth.

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Badlands Observatory

The Badlands Observatory (IAU code 918) is an astronomical observatory named after the Badlands National Park, located in Quinn, South Dakota, near the city of Wall, United States.

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Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program

The Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program (SCAP) was a astronomical survey to search for near-Earth objects.

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Bergisch Gladbach Observatory

The Bergisch Gladbach Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, at.

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Bisei Spaceguard Center

The Bisei Spaceguard Center (BSGC) is an astronomical observatory located at Bisei-chō, Okayama, Japan.

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Brazos Bend State Park

Brazos Bend State Park is a state park along the Brazos River in Needville, Texas, run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey

The CINEOS program (Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey), started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of near-Earth objects (NEOs), namely asteroids and comets which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit.

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Catalina Sky Survey

Catalina Sky Survey (CSS; obs. code: 703) is an astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids.

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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

The Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) is an astronomical observatory located on Cerro Tololo in the Coquimbo Region of northern Chile, with additional facilities located on Cerro Pachón about to the southeast.

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Chad Trujillo

Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System.

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Charles W. Juels

Charles W. Juels (1944 – January 21, 2009) was an American amateur astronomer and psychiatrist by profession, who became a prolific discoverer of minor planets after his retirement.

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Cima Ekar Observing Station

The Cima Ekar Observing Station (Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar; obs. code: 098) is an astronomical observatory on the crest of Cima Ekar, a mountain ridge located approximately 4 kilometers southeast of and 350 m higher than the town of Asiago, Italy.

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Deep Lens Survey

The Deep Lens Survey (DLS, short for "Deep Gravitational Lensing Survey") is an ultra-deep multi-band optical survey of seven 4 square degree fields.

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Desert Beaver Observatory

The Desert Beaver Observatory (IAU code 919) is a private astronomical observatory near Eloy, Arizona.

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Desert Eagle Observatory

Desert Eagle Observatory (code: 333) is a private amateur astronomical observatory, situated near Benson, Arizona, United States.

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Drebach Observatory

Drebach Observatory (Volkssternwarte Drebach) is a planetarium.

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Eric Walter Elst

Eric Walter Elst (born 1936) is a Belgian astronomer at the Observatory at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.

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Farpoint Observatory

Farpoint Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers' League, or NEKAAL.

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Gary Hug

Gary Hug is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets, who, along with Graham E. Bell, operates the Farpoint Observatory and Sandlot Observatory in Kansas, United States.

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Goodricke-Pigott Observatory

The Goodricke-Pigott Observatory is a private astronomical observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

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Haleakalā

Haleakalā (Hawaiian), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.

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Hilda asteroid

The Hilda asteroids (adj. Hildian) are a dynamical group of asteroids in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter.

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Kitt Peak National Observatory

The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Nation, west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona.

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Kleť Observatory

Kleť Observatory (Hvězdárna Kleť; obs. code: 046) is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic.

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Korado Korlević

Korado Korlević (born on 19 September 1958 in Poreč) is a Croatian teacher and prolific amateur astronomer, who ranks among the world's top 20 discoverers of minor planets.

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Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory

The Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory (Obs. code: 360) is located at Kumakōgen in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

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Kvistaberg Observatory

The Kvistaberg Station or Kvistaberg Observatory (Kvistabergs observatorium; obs. code: 049) was a Swedish astronomical observatory and a station of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, which both belong to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University.

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La Silla Observatory

La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

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Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research

The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project is a collaboration of the United States Air Force, NASA, and the MIT's Lincoln Laboratory for the systematic detection and tracking of near-Earth objects.

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List of asteroid-discovering observatories

The list of asteroid-discovering observatories contains a section for each observatory which has discovered one or more asteroids, along with a list of those asteroids.

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List of minor planet discoverers

This is a list of all astronomers who are credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of one or several minor planets.

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List of observatory codes

This is a list of observatory codes, or IAU codes, with their corresponding astronomical observatories.

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Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search

Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth.

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Luciano Tesi

Luciano Tesi (born 10 December 1931) is an Italian veterinarian, amateur astronomer, discoverer of a large number of minor planets, and director of the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory.

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Marc William Buie

Marc William Buie (born 1958) is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets, who used to be at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and also the Sentinel Space Telescope Mission Scientist for the B612 Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impact events.

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Michael E. Brown

Michael E. Brown (born June 5, 1965) is an American astronomer, who has been professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2003.

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Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking

Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) was a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects.

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Nogales, Arizona

Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

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Ondřejov Observatory

The Ondřejov Observatory (Observatoř Ondřejov) is the principal observatory of the Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.

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Paul G. Comba

Paul G. Comba (1926 - April 5, 2017) was an Italian-American computer scientist, an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.

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Paulo R. Holvorcem

Paulo Renato Centeno Holvorcem (born 10 July 1967) is a Brazilian amateur astronomer and mathematician who lives in Campinas, Brazil.

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Peter Kušnirák

Peter Kušnirák (born 1974) is a Slovak astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and a prolific photometrist of light-curves at Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic.

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Petr Pravec

Petr Pravec (born September 17, 1967) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, born in Třinec, Czech Republic.

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Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory

The Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese; obs. code: 104), also known as the San Marcello Observatory and the Pian dei Termini Observatory (Osservatorio di Pian dei Termini), is an astronomical observatory in San Marcello Pistoiese, Tuscany, central Italy.

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Plutino

In astronomy, the plutinos are a dynamical group of trans-Neptunian objects in the outermost region of the Solar System that orbit in 2:3 mean-motion resonance with Neptune.

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Potentially hazardous object

A potentially hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make exceptionally close approaches to the Earth and large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

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Prescott Observatory

Prescott Observatory (obs. code: 684) was built by American amateur astronomer Paul G. Comba and is now owned and operated by Matt Francis.

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Rafael Ferrando

Rafael Ferrando (born 1966) is a Spanish astronomer, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 193 numbered minor planets between 2001 and 2010.

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Spanish: Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, ORM) is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.

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Roy A. Tucker

Roy A. Tucker (born 1951 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii.

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Royal Observatory of Belgium

The Royal Observatory of Belgium (Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België; Observatoire Royal de Belgique), has been situated in Uccle (Ukkel in Dutch) since 1890.

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Sebastian F. Hönig

Sebastian Florian Hönig (born 1978) is a German astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and comets, and DFG fellow in the astrophysics group of the University of California, Santa Barbara Physics Department from Eislingen/Fils, Germany.

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey or SDSS is a major multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States.

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Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Spacewatch

The Spacewatch project is an astronomical survey that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.

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Starkenburg Observatory

The Starkenburg Observatory (Starkenburg-Sternwarte) is an astronomical observatory in Heppenheim, Germany.

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Thierry Pauwels

Thierry Pauwels (born 2 July 1957, Ghent) is a Belgian astronomer from the Royal Observatory of Belgium.

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Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey

The Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey (UDAS, also known as UAO–DLR Asteroid Survey) is an astronomical survey, dedicated for the search and follow–up characterization of asteroids and comets.

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Višnjan Observatory

Višnjan Observatory (Zvjezdarnica Višnjan; obs. code: 120) is an astronomical observatory located near the village of Višnjan in Croatia.

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William Kwong Yu Yeung

William Kwong Yu Yeung (born 1960; also known simply as Bill Yeung) is a Hong Kong-born, Canadian amateur astronomer with telescopes based in the United States.

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Wolf Bickel

Wolf Bickel (born 6 July 1942, Bensberg) is a German amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at his private Bergisch Gladbach Observatory, Germany.

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Xinglong Station (NAOC)

Xinglong Station is an observatory (IAU code 327) situated south of the main peak of the Yanshan mountains in Hebei province, China.

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(208996) 2003 AZ84

is a trans-Neptunian object, possibly binary, from the outer regions of the Solar System, approximately 700 kilometers in diameter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_208001–209000

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