Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca is an observatory

Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...

 at Gnosca

Gnosca

Gnosca is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Gnosca is first mentioned in 1198 as Niosca in the records of Como and the cathedral of Milan. While it is likely that there were earlier settlements, nothing is known about them. An arbitration...

, Ticino

Ticino

Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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Asteroids discovered

12931 Mario

12931 Mario

12931 Mario is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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12932 Conedera

12932 Conedera

12932 Conedera is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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15077 Edyalge

15077 Edyalge

15077 Edyalge is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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16110 Paganetti

16110 Paganetti

16110 Paganetti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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17190 Retopezzoli

17190 Retopezzoli

17190 Retopezzoli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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18056,
18872 Tammann

18872 Tammann

18872 Tammann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca. It is named for the Swiss cosmologist Gustav Andreas Tammann.- External links :*...

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18874 Raoulbehrend

18874 Raoulbehrend

18874 Raoulbehrend is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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19715,
20624 Dariozanetti

20624 Dariozanetti

20624 Dariozanetti is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :...

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21650 Tilgner

21650 Tilgner

21650 Tilgner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 17, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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22769 Aurelianora

22769 Aurelianora

22769 Aurelianora is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 19, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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22898 Falce

22898 Falce

22898 Falce is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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25397,
26321,
27249,
29753 Silvo

29753 Silvo

29753 Silvo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 10, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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31555 Wheeler

31555 Wheeler

31555 Wheeler is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered on March 7, 1999 by Stefano Sposetti at Gnosca, Switzerland. It is named after the theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.- External links :*...

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33433 Maurilia

33433 Maurilia

33433 Maurilia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 14, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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33445,
34125,
34126,
36447,
38679,
41204,
41205,
41301,
41979,
43027,
43028,
43087,
45027,
45074,
45075,
45261 Decoen

45261 Decoen

45261 Decoen is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 2, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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45305 Paulscherrer

45305 Paulscherrer

45305 Paulscherrer is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1535.4019548 days . The asteroid was discovered on January 4, 2000....

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47164 Ticino

47164 Ticino

47164 Ticino is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1803.7112260 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 10, 1999.-References:...

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47494,
47981,
50033 Perelman

50033 Perelman

50033 Perelman is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 3, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca. It is named for Grigori Perelman, the Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture.- External links :...

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53252,
53468,
54522 Menaechmus

54522 Menaechmus

54522 Menaechmus is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Stefano Sposetti at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca in Gnosca, Switzerland, on August 23, 2000. It is named after Menaechmus, a Greek mathematician and geometer of the 4th century BC.-External links:...

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56100 Luisapolli

56100 Luisapolli

56100 Luisapolli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 24, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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59239 Alhazen

59239 Alhazen

59239 Alhazen is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.It is named after Ibn al-Haytham one of the most influential Muslim scientists who pioneered the scientific method.- External links :*...

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61195 Martinoli

61195 Martinoli

61195 Martinoli is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 28, 2000, by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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61384 Arturoromer

61384 Arturoromer

61384 Arturoromer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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61386 Namikoshi

61386 Namikoshi

61386 Namikoshi is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1341.8782650 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 24, 2000....

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61401 Schiff

61401 Schiff

61401 Schiff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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61402 Franciseveritt

61402 Franciseveritt

61402 Franciseveritt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 25, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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62071 Voegtli

62071 Voegtli

62071 Voegtli is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1482.8574878 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 8, 2000....

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63129 Courtemanche

63129 Courtemanche

63129 Courtemanche is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1792.5433781 days . It has an average orbital speed of 14.92096789 km/s.The asteroid was discovered on November 30, 2000 at Gnosca, Switzerland.-References:...

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66939 Franscini

66939 Franscini

66939 Franscini is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 28, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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67085 Oppenheimer

67085 Oppenheimer

67085 Oppenheimer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.-External links:*...

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67235 Fairbank

67235 Fairbank

67235 Fairbank is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 5, 2000, by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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70179 Beppechiara

70179 Beppechiara

70179 Beppechiara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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70446 Pugh

70446 Pugh

70446 Pugh is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Stefano Sposetti at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca in Gnosca, Switzerland, on October 10, 1999. It is named after George Pugh, an American physicist.-External links:...

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70737 Stenflo

70737 Stenflo

70737 Stenflo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 8, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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70942,
72042,
72632,
74818,
75063,
75569,
80135,
87644,
87645,
88146,
91428 Cortesi

91428 Cortesi

91428 Cortesi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 20, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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91429 Michelebianda

91429 Michelebianda

91429 Michelebianda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.- External links :*...

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91898,
92525,
92585,
92614,
92615,
92616,
93949,
96876,
97069,
97186,
98873,
102223,
102224,
102617,
102619,
103289,
105251,
107676,
121517,
121541,
123499,
123612,
123955,
134793,
137498,
137636,
138543,
145988,
148448,
156474,
164358,
164360

External links

• 143-Gnosca