47°55′05″N019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E /47.91806; 19.89417
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| Named after | Piszkés-tető  | ||||||||
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| Organization | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
| Observatory code | 461 | ||||||||
| Location | Piszkéstető,Mátra Mountains,Hungary | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°55′05″N019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E /47.91806; 19.89417 | ||||||||
| Altitude | 944 metres (3,097 ft)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1958 | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
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ThePiszkéstető Station orPiszkéstető Mountain Station is anastronomical observatory inMátraszentimre inMátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Hungary's capitalBudapest. It is a station ofKonkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the observatory code461 and561 for being used by theSzeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.[2]
The observatory currently features four telescopes:[3]
Piszkéstető Station discovered 3 of the first 8impactors which were observed and confirmed while still in orbit:2022 EB5,2023 CX1, and2024 BX1.
The asteroid 2022EB was only the fifth asteroid in history to have been discovered prior to impact. This puts the station in a very short list of observatories that have achieved this feat. Several asteroids impact earth every year with enough force to be detected byinfrasound sensors designed to detect detonation of nuclear devices, but the vast majority of impacts are unpredicted and occur without warning.[4] Piszkéstető Station discovered this asteroid before it impacted.[5]
2023 CX1 was discovered at the station on February 12, 2023 and impacted the Earth off the coast of Normandy, France.
2024 BX1 was discovered at the station a few hours before it entered the Earth's atmosphere near Berlin on January 21, 2024.[6]
The minor planet37432 Piszkéstető was named after the station, where it was discovered by astronomersKrisztián Sárneczky andZsuzsanna Heiner in January 2002.[2]
A total of 19minor planet discoveries are credited directly to the Piszkéstető Station by theMinor Planet Center.[7]
| 181136 Losonczrita | 25 August 2005 | list |
| (238623) 2005 CL12 | 1 February 2005 | list |
| (240364) 2003 SQ129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (290129) 2005 QC152 | 31 August 2005 | list |
| (334756) 2003 RP7 | 4 September 2003 | list |
| (345648) 2006 TZ6 | 1 October 2006 | list |
| (378920) 2008 UP95 | 24 October 2008 | list |
| (384459) 2010 BM4 | 24 January 2010 | list |
| (390743) 2003 SD129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (399565) 2003 SZ128 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (405571) 2005 QE87 | 31 August 2005 | list |
| (413233) 2003 SB129 | 20 September 2003 | list |
| (423380) 2005 JD94 | 12 May 2005 | list |
| (423433) 2005 QL75 | 29 August 2005 | list |
| (446957) 2003 SD127 | 19 September 2003 | list |
| (461650) 2005 GP9 | 3 April 2005 | list |
| (464745) 2003 RQ7 | 5 September 2003 | list |
| (469773) 2005 QB76 | 30 August 2005 | list |
| (474440) 2003 NH5 | 5 July 2003 | list |
