Gekko Observatory

Gekko Observatory

Gekko Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1957 and is owned by the "International Foundation for Cultural Harmony". Between 1987 and 2000, the astronomers Yoshiaki Oshima and Tetsuo Kagawa discovered 172 minor planets at this site. As of the year 2000, this observatory was ranked 40th in the world in terms of total asteroid discoveries.

Asteroid 4261 Gekko is named after this observatory. The IAU code for this observatory is 888. The name of the observatory means "moonlight".

References

*cite web
author=Staff
year=2000
url=http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPDiscSites.html
title=Minor Planet Discovery Sites
publisher=IAU: Minor Planet Center
accessdate=2007-09-20

*cite book
first=Lutz D. | last=Schmadel | year=2003
title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
publisher=Springer
id=ISBN 3540002383


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