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Kitami Observatory

Japanese astronomical observatory
Organization astronomical_observatory Q1576945

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
astronomical observatory
Country
Japan[4]
Official website
business4.plala.or.jp[7]
Website
business4.plala.or.jp
Located in
Hokkaido, Kitami
Part of
Kitami Region Museum of Science, History and Art[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.818°, 143.904°[6]
Coordinates
🗺️ 43.818°, 143.904°
Date of official opening
1987[8]
Elevation above sea level
165.0[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hokkaido, Kitami[2][3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kitami Observatory de Kitami-Observatorium es Observatorio de Kitami fi Kitamin observatorio fr observatoire de Kitami it osservatorio Kitami ja 北見文化センター天文台 ru Китамийская обсерватория ru Обсерватория Китами sv Kitami-observatoriet tr Kitami Gözlemevi uk Обсерваторія Кітамі
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
HokumoukenKitamiBunkaCenter.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02q3rn9
Minor Planet Center observatory code
400

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🔗 Connections
← Site of astronomical discovery 536
4584 Akan, 4676 Uedaseiji, 4712 Iwaizumi, 4845 Tsubetsu, 4973 Showa, 4557 Mika, 4585 Ainonai, 4607 Seilandfarm +528 more
Employees / affiliates 4
Kazurō Watanabe, Tetsuya Fujii, Atsushi Takahashi, Masanori Matsuyama
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Kitami, Hokkaido
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
astronomical observatory
Named after 1
3785 Kitami
Part of 1
Kitami Region Museum of Science, History and Art
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Summary

Kitami Observatory is an astronomical observatory[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Kitami Observatory include 3785 Kitami[10], an asteroid[11].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include 3785 Kitami[10], an asteroid[11].

Related Entities

Japan

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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