Observatory
Ametlla de Mar Observatory is anastronomical observatory situated inL'Ametlla de Mar in the autonomousCatalonia region of Spain.[1] It has received the IAUobservatory code 946 and is operated by Catalan astronomerJaume Nomen. The observatory participates in the "Unicorn Project" and in the Minor Planet Astrometry group (Grup d'Estudis Astronòmics, GEA).[1]
TheMinor Planet Center credits the Ametlla de Mar Observatory with the discovery of 12 numberedminor planets between 2001 and 2002. As of 2016, all numbered bodies remain unnamed and still display theirprovisional designation.[2]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit]| (46248) 2001 HM22 | 25 April 2001 | list |
| (52067) 2002 QE36 | 29 August 2002 | list |
| (58051) 2002 YY2 | 28 December 2002 | list |
| (78426) 2002 QY44 | 30 August 2002 | list |
| (78559) 2002 RG154 | 14 September 2002 | list |
| (84557) 2002 VC | 1 November 2002 | list |
| (94892) 2001 YE5 | 25 December 2001 | list |
| (99205) 2001 HL22 | 25 April 2001 | list |
| (133034) 2002 YZ2 | 28 December 2002 | list |
| (142378) 2002 SJ1 | 27 September 2002 | list |
| (143217) 2002 YA3 | 28 December 2002 | list |
| (151519) 2002 QG36 | 30 August 2002 | list |