Purple Mountain Observatory
Purple Mountain Observatory is an astronomical observatory near Nanjing, China. In Mandarin Chinese pinyin, "Purple Mountain" is "Zĭjīn Shān" (紫金山), but in an older transliteration it is "Tsuchinshan".
The longtime director of the observatory (from 1950 to 1984) was Zhāng Yùzhé (张钰哲) (Y. C. Chang).
The observatory discovered the periodic comets 60P/Tsuchinshan and 62P/Tsuchinshan, and also the non-periodic C/1977 V1 (Tsuchinshan), also known as Comet 1977 X.
Many asteroids were also discovered at the observatory, including the Trojan asteroids 2223 Sarpedon, 2260 Neoptolemus, 2363 Cebriones, Asteroids discovered: 147
| 1125 China || October 30 1957
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| 1802 Zhang Heng || October 9 1964
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| 1888 Zu Chong-Zhi || November 9 1964
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| 1972 Yi Xing || November 9 1964
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| 2012 Guo Shou-Jing || October 9 1964
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| 2027 Shen Guo || November 9 1964
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| 2045 Peking || October 8 1964
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| 2077 Kiangsu || December 18 1974
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| 2078 Nanking || January 12 1975
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| 2085 Henan || December 20 1965
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| 2169 Taiwan || November 9 1964
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| 2185 Guangdong || November 20 1965
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| 2197 Shanghai || December 30 1965
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| 2209 Tianjin || October 28 1978
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| 2215 Sichuan || November 12 1964
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| 2223 Sarpedon || October 4 1977
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| 2230 Yunnan || October 29 1978
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| 2255 Qinghai || November 3 1977
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| 2260 Neoptolemus || November 26 1975
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| 2263 Shaanxi || October 30 1978
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| 2336 Xinjiang || November 26 1975
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| 2344 Xizang || September 27 1979
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| 2355 Nei Monggol || October 30 1978
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| 2363 Cebriones || October 4 1977
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| 2380 Heilongjiang || September 18 1965
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| 2387 Xi'an || March 17 1975
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| 2398 Jilin || October 24 1965
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| 2425 Shenzhen || March 17 1975
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| 2456 Palamedes || January 30 1966
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| 2503 Liaoning || October 16 1965
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| 2505 Hebei || October 31 1975
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| 2510 Shandong || October 10 1979
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| 2514 Taiyuan || October 8 1964
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| 2515 Gansu || October 9 1964
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| 2539 Ningxia || October 8 1964
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| 2547 Hubei || October 9 1964
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| 2592 Hunan || January 30 1966
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| 2617 Jiangxi || November 26 1975
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| 2631 Zhejiang || October 7 1980
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| 2632 Guizhou || November 6 1980
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| 2655 Guangxi || December 14 1974
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| 2693 Yan'an || November 3 1977
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| 2719 Suzhou || September 22 1965
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| 2729 Urumqi || October 18 1979
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| 2743 Chengdu || November 21 1965
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| 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung || September 20 1965
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| 2778 Tangshan || December 14 1979
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| 2789 Foshan || December 6 1956
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| 2790 Needham || October 19 1965
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| 2851 Harbin || October 30 1978
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| 2899 Runrun Shaw || October 8 1964
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| 2903 Zhuhai || October 23 1981
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| 2963 Chen Jiageng || November 9 1964
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| 3011 Chongqing || November 26 1978
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| 3014 Huangsushu || October 11 1979
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| 3024 Hainan || October 23 1981
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| 3028 Zhangguoxi || October 9 1978
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| 3048 Guangzhou || October 8 1964
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| 3051 Nantong || December 19 1974
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| 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua || October 24 1981
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| 3089 Oujianquan || December 3 1981
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| 3136 Anshan || November 18 1981
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| 3139 Shantou || November 11 1980
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| 3171 Wangshouguan || November 19 1979
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| 3187 Dalian || October 10 1977
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| 3206 Wuhan || November 13 1980
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| 3221 Changshi || December 2 1981
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| 3239 Meizhou || October 29 1978
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| 3241 Yeshuhua || November 28 1978
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| 3297 Hong Kong || November 26 1978
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| 3335 Quanzhou || January 1 1966
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| 3340 Yinhai || October 12 1979
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| 3388 Tsanghinchi || December 21 1981
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| 3405 Daiwensai || October 30 1964
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| 3421 Yangchenning || November 26 1975
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| 3443 Leetsungdao || September 26 1979
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| 3462 Zhouguangzhao || October 25 1981
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| 3463 Kaokuen || December 3 1981
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| 3476 Dongguan || October 28 1978
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| 3494 Purple Mountain || December 7 1980
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| 3502 Huangpu || October 9 1964
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| 3509 Sanshui || October 28 1978
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| 3513 Quqinyue || October 16 1965
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| 3542 Tanjiazhen || October 9 1964
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| 3543 Ningbo || November 11 1964
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| 3556 Lixiaohua || October 30 1964
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| 3560 Chenqian || September 3 1980
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| 3570 Wuyeesun || December 14 1979
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| 3609 Liloketai || November 13 1980
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| 3611 Dabu || December 20 1981
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| 3613 Kunlun || November 10 1982
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| 3643 Tienchanglin || October 29 1978
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| 3650 Kunming || October 30 1978
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| 3678 Mongmanwai || January 20 1966
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| 3704 Gaoshiqi || December 20 1981
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| 3729 Yangzhou || November 1 1983
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| 3746 Heyuan || October 8 1964
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| 3763 Qianxuesen || October 14 1980
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| 3812 Lidaksum || January 11 1965
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| 3844 Lujiaxi || January 30 1966
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| 3901 Nanjingdaxue || April 7 1958
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| 3960 Chaliubieju || January 20 1955
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| 4047 1964 TT2 || October 8 1964
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| 4073 1981 UE10 || October 23 1981
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| 4245 1981 UC10 || October 29 1981
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| 4273 Dunhuang || October 29 1978
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| 4360 Xuyi || October 9 1964
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| 4431 Holeungholee || November 28 1978
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| 4562 Poleungkuk || October 21 1979
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| 4566 Chaokuangpiu || November 27 1981
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| 4651 Wongkwancheng || October 31 1957
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| 4730 1980 XZ || December 7 1980
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| 4913 1965 SO || September 20 1965
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| 4925 1981 XH2 || December 3 1981
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| 4988 1980 VU1 || November 6 1980
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| 5013 1964 VT1 || November 9 1964
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| 5045 1978 UL2 || October 29 1978
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| 5198 Fongyunwah || January 16 1975
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| 5217 1966 CL || February 13 1966
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| 5267 1966 CF || February 13 1966
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| 5389 Choikaiyau || October 29 1981
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| 5390 Huichiming || December 19 1981
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| 5537 1964 TA2 || October 9 1964
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| 5538 Luichewoo || October 9 1964
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| 5539 1965 UA1 || October 16 1965
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| 5709 1977 TS3 || October 12 1977
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| 6283 1980 VX1 || November 6 1980
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| 6430 1964 UP || October 30 1964
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| 8126 1966 BL || January 20 1966
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| 8256 1981 UZ9 || October 25 1981
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| 8981 1964 YJ || December 31 1964
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| 8992 Magnanimity || October 14 1980
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| 9512 1966 CM || February 13 1966
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| 9517 1977 VL1 || November 3 1977
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| 9710 1964 VN1 || November 9 1964
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| 10017 1978 UP2 || October 30 1978
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| 10687 1980 XX || December 7 1980
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| 11439 1974 XW || December 14 1974
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| 12181 1964 VL1 || November 9 1964
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| 15677 1980 TZ5 || October 14 1980
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| 16350 1964 VZ2 || November 11 1964
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| 23408 1977 TU3 || October 12 1977
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