Purple Mountain Observatory
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| Purple Mountain Observatory | |
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 Purple Mountain Observatory |
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| Organization | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Code | 330 |
| Location | Nanjing, Jiangsu Province |
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| Altitude | 267 m (876 ft) |
| Established | 1934 |
| Website http://www.pmo.ac.cn/ |
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Purple Mountain Observatory is an observatory that uses telescopes to look at the stars for new objects in space. It can be found on the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, China.
Many asteroids were found at the observatory. Asteroids found include the Trojan asteroids 2223 Sarpedon, 2260 Neoptolemus, 2363 Cebriones, 2456 Palamedes, and 3494 Purple Mountain.
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