Poznań Observatory
Poznań Observatory ({{langx|pl|Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu}} or "OA UAM", obs. code: 047) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the physics department of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. It is located in Poznań, Poland and was founded in 1919.
In January 1953, asteroid 1572 Posnania ({{mp|1949 SC}}), discovered at Poznań, was {{MoMP|1572|named}} after the city and the discovering observatory ({{small|M.P.C. 877}}). Asteroid 97786 Oauam, discovered by astronomers Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák at Ondřejov in 2000, was also named in honor of the observatory. The official {{MoMP|97786|naming citation}} was published by the IAU on 16 June 2021.
References
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|title = 1572 Posnania (1949 SC)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1572
|accessdate = 17 June 2021}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008)
|chapter = Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs
|last = Schmadel |first=Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 221
|isbn = 978-3-642-01964-7
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4}}
|title = WGSBN Bulletin Archive
|work = Working Group Small Body Nomenclature
|date = 16 June 2021
|url = https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/index.html
|accessdate = 17 June 2021}} ([https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V001/WGSBNBull_V001_003.pdf Bulletin #3])
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External links
{{Commons category|Astronomical Observatory of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań}}
- [http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/ Poznań Observatory]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175643/http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~nalezyty/ostrowik_ofic/posnania.html Asteroid (1572) Posnania]
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Category:Astronomical observatories in Poland
Category:Buildings and structures in Poznań
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