Eschenberg Observatory

Observatory
Eschenberg Observatory is located in Switzerland
Eschenberg Observatory
Location of Eschenberg Observatory
  Related media on Commons
[edit on Wikidata]

Eschenberg Observatory (German: Sternwarte Eschenberg) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Astronomical Society of Winterthur. It is located in northeastern Switzerland in Winterthur and was founded in 1979.[1]

The outer main-belt asteroid 96206 Eschenberg, discovered by Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in 1992, was named for the observatory.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 June 2017 (M.P.C. 105279).[2]

See also

  • Markus Griesser (astronomer)

References

  1. ^ a b "96206 Eschenberg (1992 SU17)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  • Eschenberg Observatory


  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a specific observatory, telescope or astronomical instrument is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e