Observatories

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Observatory
Total number of observatories:2603
The Observatory List is a catalogue of all observatories that have contributed to asteroid observation data. Each entry includes the observatory code, name, longitude (in degrees), distance from the Earth's rotation axis, and height above the equatorial plane, both expressed in Earth radii.

Observatories

CodeNameLongitude in degDistance from Rotation Axis in Earth RadiiHeight above equatorial plane in Earth Radii
500Geocentric0.0000.0000.000
000Greenwich0.0000.6240.779
001Crowborough0.1540.6300.774
002Rayleigh0.6200.6220.781
003Montpellier3.9000.7250.687
004Toulouse1.4620.7250.686
005Meudon2.2310.6600.749
006Fabra Observatory, Barcelona2.1240.7510.658
007Paris2.3370.6590.749
008Algiers-Bouzareah3.0350.8020.596