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 08°26'47,2" E

 

geogr. Breite

50°13'18.0" N

 

Höhe 825m

 

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Wetter 3 Tage

 

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Deutsche Version to the german sides

The Taunus Observatory (IAU-Observatory-Code: B01), located in the Taunus mountain range close to Frankfurt am Main, is operated by the Physikalischer Verein Frankfurt, which is one of Germany’s oldest associations, founded in 1824. Regarding to the discovery rate of minor planets, it is the most successful astronomical association in Germany. There were discovered 133 minor planets (updated 2024-10-02) in the timespan from 2006 to 2011, see List of Germany's discovery sites
 

Technical data of the Teleskope used for the discoveries:

bulletsystem: Cassegrain
bulletdiameter of primary mirror: 0,6 m (24 inch)
bulletprimary focal length: 1,993 m  ( f/3.32 )
bulletdiameter of Wynne-correktor: 0,2m
bulletcorrected diameter of primary focus field : 0,13m
bulletDigitalcamera: SBIG 11000M (FOV: 60'x45')
bulletsecondary focal length: 5,716 m ( f/9.53 )

 

 

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The first minor planet discovery at the Taunus Observatory

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Discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA)

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Frankfurt also in the sky - the first naming of one of our discoveries

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Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling were honored with a minor planet naming

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Astronomy award

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Numbered and named minor planets

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The first minor planet discovery at the Taunus Observatory

On 2006-11-27 Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling discovered the minor planet 2006 WV129. It was the first minor planet discovered at an observatory of the Association Physikalischen Verein.

With this discovery, an ancient tradition of the association was continued. Because at the beginning of the 20th century the Physikalischen Verein operated the Planeten Institut, which was one of the world's first Minor Planet Centers. The works at that time were essentially theoretical, dealing with the calculation of the orbits. 2006 WV129, which now has the name Neeffisis, was the first minor planet discovered in the more than 180-years history of the association. The name Neeffisis is a combination of Christian Ernst Neeff and the goddess Isis. Christian Ernst Neeff was co-founder of the association Physikalischen Verein in 1824 and its first president. The emblem of the association is the goddess Isis.

bullet Orbit of minor planet (224831) Neeffisis

 

Discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA)

On 2009-02-25 we were able to discover one of the rare dangerous near-Earth asteroids. 2009 DM45 has a diameter of about 150 meters and approached the earth at a distance of only 5.7 times the Moon distance. It was the 5th discovery of a dangerous asteroid from a German observatory.

bulletDiscovery history (in German) and discovery photos of the hazardous asteroid 2009 DM45

 

Frankfurt also in the sky - the first naming of one of our discoveries

The first minor planet, for which we submitted a naming proposal follows the name (204852) Frankfurt. It was published on 2009 April 9. in the Minor Planet Circular # 65714.

bulletDiscovery history (in German) and discovery photos of minor planet (204852) Frankfurt.

 

Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling were honored with a minor planet naming

The spanish Observatorio de la Sagra honored the two initiators of the Taunus Observatory astrometry project. The minor planets (185638) Erwin Schwab and (185639) Rainer Kling were named after them. On 2009 June 7. the new minor planet names were published in the Minor Planet Circular # 66244.

 

Astronomy award

On July 8, 2009, Stefan Karge, Rainer Kling, Erwin Schwab and Ute Zimmer received an award for their achievements in the field of astronomy from the association Physikalischer Verein for the work "astrometry of solar system objects and the discoveries of asteroids".

bulletThe awarded work in German
bullet Summary of the awarded work in german

 

Numbered and named minor planets

133 minor planets were discovered in the timespan from 2006 to 2011 (updated 2024-10-02) to the astronomers of the Taunus Observatory. With this discovery rate the Taunus Observatory is on 4th place of the German observatories (including the professional observatories).

bullet List of Germanys minor planet discovery sites

bullet List of numbered Taunus-Observatory discoveries

bullet List of named Taunus-Observatory discoveries

 

weitere Seiten mit Daten des Taunus Observatoriums (B01)

bullet Beobachtungsstatistik von Gerhard Lehmann
bullet Alle astrometrischen Messungen in der Minor Planet Center - Datenbank
bullet B01 @ Astronomy Data System
bullet B01 @ Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site
bullet B01 @ List of Observatory Codes of IAU
bulletEphemeriden Abruf-Seite der Asteroiden-Entdeckungen auf der Taunus-Sternwarte
bulletCitations der benannten Entdeckungen an der Taunus-Sternwarte
 

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