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| Alternative names | Observatory of Turin |
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| Observatory code | 022 |
| Location | Pino Torinese,Metropolitan City of Turin,Piedmont, Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°02′29″N7°45′54″E / 45.041292°N 7.765135°E /45.041292; 7.765135 |
| Website | http://www.oato.inaf.it,%20https://www.beniculturali.inaf.it/biblioteche/torino |
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TheObservatory of Turin (Italian:Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, also known asPino Torinese;obs. code:022) is anastronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy'sNational Institute for Astrophysics (Italian:Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF). It is located on the top of a hill in the town ofPino Torinese nearTurin, in the north ItalianPiedmont region. The observatory was founded in 1759. At Pino Torinese, several asteroid discoveries were made by Italian astronomerLuigi Volta in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The asteroid2694 Pino Torinese was named after the observatory's location.[1]
| 1107 Lictoria | 30 March 1929 | [A] |
| 1115 Sabauda | 13 December 1928 | [A] |
| 1191 Alfaterna | 11 February 1931 | [A] |
| 1238 Predappia | 4 February 1932 | [A] |
| 1332 Marconia | 9 January 1934 | [A] |
| (30768) 1983 YK | 29 December 1983 | [B][C] |
| Discovery made by: AL. Volta · BG. Massone · CG. DeSanctis | ||
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