Jura Observatory

Minor planets discovered: 8

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The Jura Observatory (Template:Langx) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society (Template:Langx; SJA). Built in 1993/1998, it is located near Vicques in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its IAU observatory code is 185.

On August 28, 2008, Michel Ory discovered the periodic comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) at the observatory.

Oukaïmeden Observatory

The Jura Astronomy Society, in collaboration with French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner and the Cadi Ayyad University, also participates in the Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey (MOSS), using a remote 0.5-meter telescope at Oukaïmeden Observatory (J43), which is operated by the university since 2007. The observatory is located in the High Atlas mountains, 50 kilometers south of Marrakech, Morocco.

List of discovered minor planets

42113 Jura	15 January 2001	Template:LoMP
42191 Thurmann	14 February 2001	Template:LoMP
46095 Frédérickoby	15 March 2001	Template:LoMP
77755 Delémont	13 August 2001	Template:LoMP

Template:Mp	1 April 2005	Template:LoMP
360762 FRIPON	4 January 2005	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	8 August 2005	Template:LoMP
Template:Mp	9 August 2005	Template:LoMP

See also

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External links

• Jura Observatory, homepage of the Jura Astronomy Society
• MOSS project
• Optical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmeden Template:Webarchive in the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics
• Astronomie Marrakech