 The Zimmerwald Observatory in 2009 | |||
| Alternative names | AIUB | ||
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| Organization | University of Bern | ||
| Observatory code | 026 | ||
| Location | nearZimmerwald,Canton of Bern,Switzerland | ||
| Coordinates | 46°52′36″N7°27′54″E / 46.87667°N 7.46500°E /46.87667; 7.46500 | ||
| Established | 1956 | ||
| Website | www.aiub.unibe.ch | ||
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TheZimmerwald Observatory (German:Observatorium Zimmerwald) is anastronomicalobservatory owned and operated by the AIUB, the Astronomical Institute of theUniversity of Bern. Built in 1956, it is located atZimmerwald, 10 kilometers south ofBern, Switzerland.
Numerouscomets andasteroids have been discovered byPaul Wild (1925–2014) at Zimmerwald Observatory, most notably comet81P/Wild, which was visited by NASA'sStardust space probe in 2004. Themain belt asteroid1775 Zimmerwald has been named after the location of the observatory.[1]
The 1-meter aperture ZIMLAT telescope was inaugurated in 1997.[2]
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