Calvin–Rehoboth Observatory


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The Calvin–Rehoboth Robotic Observatory is an astronomical observatory developed jointly between Calvin College in Michigan and Rehoboth Christian School in New Mexico, United States. It consists of identical telescopes, one on each campus. Students at both schools use the telescopes as part of their study. The joint observatory has been in operation since 2004.
Since weather in Michigan is often problematic for visual astronomy, the joint observatory allows students at the college to operate the telescope in New Mexico remotely after having trained on the identical telescope locally. It provides access to research quality scientific equipment and training for the high school students.
The observatory was used to discover several minor planets, including 145475 Rehoboth, which was named for the high school, where the Calvin–Rehoboth Robotic Observatory is located, while 134244 De Young was named for Mike De Young, a former science teacher at the Rehoboth Christian School.

List of discovered minor planets

More than a hundred discovered minor planets are credited directly to the discovering observatory by the Minor Planet Center.
10 March 2005 
152233 Van Till25 September 2005 
25 September 2005 
26 September 2005 
5 January 2006 
25 September 2005 
167875 Kromminga2 March 2005 
10 March 2005 
25 September 2005 
16 November 2006 
18 September 2006 
16 February 2007 
16 February 2007 
188847 Rhipeus23 March 2006 
17 February 2007 
3 February 2005 
9 March 2005 
18 September 2006 
13 October 2007 
210425 Imogene10 January 2008 
18 September 2006 
7 October 2007 
10 January 2008 
2 March 2005 
18 September 2006 

28 May 2008 
11 March 2007 
20 December 2005 
27 February 2008 
13 January 2009 
2 April 2005 
13 June 2008 
13 February 2010 
13 February 2010 
13 November 2007 
2 March 2005 
18 September 2006 
18 September 2006 
21 February 2007 
20 February 2009 
21 March 2010 
18 September 2006 
3 December 2007 
2 March 2009 
3 February 2005 
18 September 2006 
16 February 2007 
18 September 2006 
27 July 2009 
13 April 2008