| Observatory code | 165  |
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| Location | Piera,Catalonia,Spain |
| Coordinates | 41°31′17″N1°45′19″E / 41.5215°N 1.7553°E /41.5215; 1.7553 |
| Website | www |
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Piera Observatory (Catalan:Observatori Astronòmic de Piera) is anastronomicalobservatory located inPiera,Catalonia, with the IAUobservatory code 165.[1]
It takes part in theUnicorn Project with theAmetlla de Mar Observatory andCostitx Observatory. One of its first discoveries was theasteroid1999 YZ8 (byJoan Guarro), now13868 Catalonia.Josep Comas Solá's discovery, nearly 70 years earlier, of 1930 SB was initially supposed to be namedCatalonia, but political pressure from the Francoist regime then in power made this impossible. Solá finally named it1188 Gothlandia instead, from the ancient Frankish name for Catalonia,Gothland orGotia.
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