Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca
| Location | Costitx, Mallorca, Spain |
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| Established | May 1991[1] |
| Website | http://www.oam.es/ |
The Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca (OAM) (English: Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca) is an observatory just south of Costitx, Mallorca, Spain.[2]
The observatory was inaugurated in May 1991 and was the first astronomical center in the Balearic Islands autonomous community and province of Spain.[1]
The observatory is a pioneer among Spanish observatories and uses robotic telescopes (four of them located at La Sagra[3][4] in Andalucia) to discover and track asteroids.[5]
Researchers at the OAM have found asteroids that are potential threats to Earth, such as the 2006 WH1.[5] Salvador Sánchez is director of the OAM.[2] In 2008, asteroid number 128036, discovered at the OAM in 2003, was named after Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.[6][7] As of 2008, the OAM tracks more than 2,000 asteroids.[8]
There is a large planetarium attached to the observatory, which often runs performances open to the public. The Open University is one of a number of academic institutions which runs summer schools at the observatory.[1]
References
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- ↑ Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra
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