Piszkéstető Station
47°55′05′′N 019°53′39′′E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E / 47.91806; 19.89417
| Named after | Piszkés-tető Edit this on Wikidata | ||||||||
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| Organization | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
| Observatory code | 461 Edit this on Wikidata | ||||||||
| Location | Piszkéstető, Mátra Mountains, Hungary | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°55′05′′N 019°53′39′′E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E / 47.91806; 19.89417 | ||||||||
| Altitude | 944 metres (3,097 ft)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1958 Edit this on Wikidata | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
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The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the observatory code 461 and 561 for being used by the Szeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.[2]
Instruments
[edit ]The observatory features four telescopes:[3]
- 60/90/180-centimetre Schmidt telescope since 1962
- 50-centimetre Cassegrain telescope since 1966
- 1-metre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 1974
- 40-centimetre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 2010
Discovery of Impactors
[edit ]Piszkéstető Station discovered 3 of the first 8 impactors which were observed and confirmed while still in orbit: 2022 EB5 , 2023 CX1, and 2024 BX1.
The asteroid 2022EB was only the fifth asteroid in history to have been discovered prior to impact. This puts the station in a very short list of observatories that have achieved this feat. Several asteroids impact earth every year with enough force to be detected by infrasound sensors designed to detect detonation of nuclear devices, but the vast majority of impacts are unpredicted and occur without warning.[4] Piszkéstető Station discovered this asteroid before it impacted.[5]
2023 CX1 was discovered at the station on February 12, 2023 and impacted the Earth off the coast of Normandy, France.
2024 BX1 was discovered at the station a few hours before it entered the Earth's atmosphere near Berlin on January 21, 2024.[6]
Honors
[edit ]The minor planet 37432 Piszkéstető was named after the station, where it was discovered by astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner in January 2002.[2]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit ]A total of 19 minor planet discoveries are credited directly to the Piszkéstető Station by the Minor Planet Center.[7]
Gallery
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See also
[edit ]- List of asteroid-discovering observatories
- List of astronomical observatories
- List of minor planet discoverers § Discovering dedicated institutions
- List of observatory codes
References
[edit ]- ^ "Piszkéstetői Obszervatórium". Piszkéstetői Obszervatórium. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b "37432 Piszkesteto (2002 AE11)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ 40cm RC Telescope
- ^ "Fireball and bolide reports". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Antier, Karl (13 March 2022). "2022 EB5 : 5th predicted Earth impact!". International Meteor Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "MPEC 2024-B76 : 2024 BX1". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
