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	Purple Mountain Observatory - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Mandarin Chinese pinyin, "Purple Mountain" is "Zĭjīn Shān" (紫金山), but in an older transliteration it is "Tsuchinshan".
		The longtime director of the observatory (from 1950 to 1984) was Zhāng Yùzhé (张钰哲;) (Y. Chang).
		The observatory discovered the periodic comets 60P/Tsuchinshan and 62P/Tsuchinshan, and also the non-periodic C/1977 V1 (Tsuchinshan), also known as Comet 1977 X. Many asteroids were also discovered at the observatory, including the Trojan asteroids 2223 Sarpedon, 2260 Neoptolemus, 2363 Cebriones, 2456 Palamedes.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Purple_Mountain_Observatory (94 words)

	Purple Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also known as Bell Mountain (鐘山, Pinyin: Zhõng Shān, "Bell Mountain"), it is located on the eastern side of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, N32 5, E118 48, 447.1 m (1467 feet) high, with the lowest point 30 m (98 feet).
		A small mountain with an area about 20 square kilometers (4,900 acres), Purple Mountain is a mountain related to many historical events of both ancient and modern China.
		Purple Mountain has 621 species of vascular plants, from 383 genera, 118 families (including 78 cultivated species).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purple_Mountain (217 words)

	Purple Mountain Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Mandarin Chinese pinyin, "Purple Mountain" is "Zĭjīn Shān" (紫金山), but in anolder transliteration it is "Tsuchinshan".
		The longtime director of the observatory (from 1950 to 1984) was Zhāng Yùzhé (张钰哲;) (Y. C.Chang).
		The observatory discovered the periodic comets 60P/Tsuchinshan and 62P/Tsuchinshan, and also thenon-periodic C/1977 V1 (Tsuchinshan),also known as Comet 1977 X. Many asteroids were also discovered at the observatory, including the Trojan asteroids 2223 Sarpedon, 2260 Neoptolemus, 2363 Cebriones, 2456 Palamedes.
	www.therfcc.org /purple-mountain-observatory-41734.html (100 words)

	China Builds New Observatory To Detect Near-Earth Asteroids
		China began the construction of a new astronomical observatory dedicated to the detection and study of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), Xinhua News Agency reported on August 3.
		According to Yang Jiexing, an astronomer who is in charge of the project at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, the new observatory is being built in the Tieshanshi State Forest Park in Xuyi County in the eastern Jiangsu Province.
		The Xinglong Station of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO), which is about 180 km northeast of Beijing, is among a dozen observatories in the existing asteroid monitoring network.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/asteroid-00l.html (367 words)

	Beijing Ancient Observatory
		Built in 1442 during the Ming Dynasty, the observatory was home to several large bronze instruments for measuring the positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
		This is a view of the observatory the second of several times we drove by it.
		This is a replica of a simplified armillary that was built in 1439, during the Ming Dynasty.
	antoine.frostburg.edu /phys/luzader/cac/beijing/beijing.html (851 words)

	The Document Resources of Purple Mountain Observatory Library
		The Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, is situated on the third peak of picturesque Purple Mountain which is on the eastern outskirts of Nanjing.
		The PMO was the first modern Chinese observatory and its founding marked the commencement of new methods of astronomical research in our country.
		The Observatory is still considered ``the cradle of the modern astronomy in China'', as PMO had administered all the observatories and stations in China until July 1962.
	www.eso.org /gen-fac/libraries/lisa3/jianz.html (896 words)

	SGI - Press Releases: Chinese Astrophysics Scientists Investigate the Origin of the Universe Using SGI Technology
		The Astronomical Observatories of Shanghai and Nanjing are among those prestigious ranks of leading research centers in search of the answers to the origins of the universe," said Alex Lee, president, SGI, China.
		Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) is one of the institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
		Nanjing Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory is one of the institutes of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS).
	www.sgi.com /company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2005/april/chinese_astrophysics.html (924 words)

	Zhang Yuzhe - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1957, the Purple Mountain Observatory in China discovered a new asteroid, and with his agreement the new object 1957 UN1 was given the official designation 1125 China in place of the lost 1928 UF.
		From 1950 to 1984 he was director of Purple Mountain Observatory, and from 1955 on he was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
		Many asteroids were discovered at Purple Mountain Observatory, as well as three new comets (two periodic and one not).
	www.free-definition.com /Zhang-Yuzhe.html (407 words)

	Possible Ice Meteorites Found in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was a happy coincidence that amateur geologist Zhong Gongpei was nearby on March 23 when farmers saw three large chunks of ice crash with a whoosh into the paddy fields of Yaodou village, the official agency said late on Saturday.
		Meteorite expert Wang Sichao of China's prestigious Purple Mountain Observatory in Jiangsu province said two chunks recovered by Zhong were probably ice meteorites but that further analysis was needed for confirmation, Xinhua reported.
		Zhong rushed to the scene, recovered two pieces and sent both to Purple Mountain on March 29 with the aid of a frozen food company, which kept them from melting.
	www2.jpl.nasa.gov /sl9/news56.html (483 words)

	Beijing Ancient Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This ancient pre-telescopic observatory, the most important in China, was built in 1422 atop a city wall, soon after an earlier observatory in Nanjing.
		Those in Nanjing are at the Purple Mountain Observatory Museum and the Nanjing Museum.
		With the completion of the present observatory in 1422, it has housed the replica instruments and served the Ming and Qing astronomers in their star-gazing reports, for the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, is closely tied up with the movements of the heavenly bodies.
	www.chinapage.org /friend/goh/beijing/observatory/observatory.html (561 words)

	(8990) Compassion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Named by the Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature to honor the compassion of people around the world for the friends and families of the victims of disasters, exemplified by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on 2001 Sept. 11, with the hope that they will overcome their sorrow.
		The resulting names and citations, on MPC 43684, for the consecutively numbered minor planets (8990), (8991) and (8992), which were discovered at observatories on three continents, are intended as a positive statement abhorring the tragedy that occurred on a fourth.
		Named by the Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature to honor the magnanimity of people around the world in dealing with terrorist attacks like those on New York and Washington on 2001 Sept. 11, in the hope that terrorism will be countered with justice for all, not with revenge.
	www.klet.org /citation/08990.html (354 words)

	Nanjing City, Capital of Jiangsu Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The observatory is located on the west peak of Mt. Zhongshan.
		Constructed in 1934, it is the first modern observatory built by Chinese in China.
		Considered the cradle of modern Chinese astronomy, the observatory still keeps ancient astronomical instruments invented by the Chinese as a tribute to her forbearers.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Teach/Nanjing-Purple-Mountain.html (389 words)

	About the Contributors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His desire to have some sense of participation in astronomy as a science led to the establishment of a backyard observatory for minor planet and variable star measurements.
		He is now director of both the Computing and Minor Planet sections of the Oriental Astronomical Association; an invited researcher at the Dynic Astronomical Observatory, an associate of the Minor Planet Center and a member of the Organising Committee of IAU Commission 6.
		Mr ZHAO Haibin graduated from Nanjing University and was appointed to Purple Mountain Observatory from 1996.
	www.nelsonbay.com /~gc/AMPW_files/page0003.htm (2211 words)

	Leonid MAC '98 - Mission Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Chinese scientific effort to observe the Leonids is coordinated by Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing (Dr. Li Guangyu).
		The two sites are at the Qinghai Radio Observatory near Delingha in a desert in the middle of China, operated by Purple Mountain Observatory, and at the Xinglong optical station of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory in the wooded hills near Beijing.
		The Japanese scientific effort to explore the Leonid storm from the ground is coordinated by the National Astronomical Observatory Japan (Dr. J.-I. Watanabe).
	leonid.arc.nasa.gov /ground98.html (644 words)

	Purple Mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Purple Mountain (Pinyin: Zijin Shan; Zi means purple, Jin means golden, and Shan means mountain), also known as Tsuchinshan, Zhongshan Mountain (Pinyin: Zhong Shan, which means Bell mountain), locates in the eastern side of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, N32 5, E118 48, 447.1 m (1467 feet) high, with the lowest point 30 m (98 feet).
		Purple Mountain has 621 species of vascular plants, from 383 genera, 118 famiies (including 78 cultivated species).
		Located in or close to the hillside of Purpule Mountian, there are about a dozen national research institutes and universities.
	en.mcfly.org /Purple_Mountain (198 words)

	Mapping the IAU/MPC observatory codes using Internet resources
		A listing of all astrometric observatories is given, listed at the MPC (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/ObsCodes.html) and linked with WWW pages at Heppenheim (http://www.starkenburg-sternwarte.de/obscodes/index.htm).
		Each line consists of the station code of the observatory, the position on earth as geographical longitude and geographical latitude in degrees, (arc) minutes and seconds (L/L), the name of the observatory and in parenthesis the geocentric latitude (see paragraph above).
		118 - L/L: 017:16:26/+48:22:23 - Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory, Modra (+48.1819).
	www.jostjahn.de /code/CODE-MAP.HTM (4970 words)

	Mauna Loa Trail Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Observatory Trail begins at the Mauna Loa Weather Observatory on the north slope of Mauna Loa and ends at North Pit where it intersects the Cabin and Summit trails.
		In 1912, the volcanologist and founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Thomas Jaggar, suggested that a trail be built along the northeast rift zone to allow convenient access from Kilauea to view Mauna Loa eruptions.
		The road to the Weather Observatory, constructed by Kulani Prison inmates in 1951, was not available for public use until 1963 when this road was connected to the Saddle Road.
	www.kinquest.com /travel/hawaii/trailguide.html (6792 words)

	"Golden Girls" on Beijing Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ancient Beijing Observatory is located near the heart of downtown Beijing on the south side of famous Chang'an Avenue.
		Originally kept in Beijing, it was moved to the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in 1931.
		It was moved to the Purple Mountain Observation in Nanjing at 1931.
	www.chinatoday.com /culture/abo/abo.htm (379 words)

	Zijin Observatory Pictures and travel information - China Travel Attraction
		The Purple Mountain Observatory sits on the peak of Purple Mountain and affords great views over the surrounding countryside and the lakes below.
		Much of the original equipment in the Observatory was destroyed or stolen during the Japanese invasion in 1937.
		Getting here involves a longer walk than most of the sights on the mountain, but it is peaceful and the air is fresh up here.
	www.muztagh.com /china-attraction/nanjing/zijin-observatory.htm (159 words)

	Xinhua News Agency: Minor Planet Named After Chinese-American Physicist.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Minor Planet No.3463 was discovered in 1978 by the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
		The observatory is located in this capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
		Tien, a member of the US National Science Board and Chairman of Hong Kong Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and Technology, is internationally recognized for his research on...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:61369199&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (170 words)

	Ephemerides of the Largest Asteroids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The accuracy of the observations varied significantly depending on the type of observation, the equipment used, the observatory making the observation and the epoch of the observation so, the weighting of the observations had to be carefully considered.
		Second, During the early part of the twentieth century, several new observatories, such as Bucharest, Athens, Purple Mountain, Santiago-San Bernardo, and Madrid, began contributing observations that were significantly worse, at least initially, than the older established observatories.
		For example, the Bucharest Observatory contributed 2863 observations; however, the root-mean-square value of the residuals of the Bucharest observations was 5.1 times greater than similar observations at other observatories during the same era.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /hilton/ephemerides/asteroid_ephemerides.html (9264 words)

	C&MS: 140P/Bowell-Skiff
		A prediscovery image was found on plates exposed on 1983 February 8 at Purple Mountain Observatory (Nanking, China).
		The comet was observed at several observatories during the next few days and by February 22 Brian G. Marsden had determined the comet was a short-period one.
		The comet was last seen on June 10 by Everhart (Chamberlin Observatory field station, Colorado, USA) and, ultimately, the orbital period was determined as 15.67 years.
	www.cometography.com /pcomets/140p.html (354 words)

	LWN: SGI & and the Frontiers of Space
		--Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and Nanjing Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory.
		It was formally established in 1962 following the amalgamation of the former Xujiahui (originally spelt Zi-Ka-Wei) and Sheshan observatories, which were founded by the French Mission Catholique in 1872 and 1900 respectively.
		Nanjing Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory Nanjing Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory is one of the institutes of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS).
	lwn.net /Articles/131645 (1351 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The collaboration between Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory (MAO) for determinations of precise optical positions of 44 extragalactic radio sources with 1.56m telescope of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and 60cm telescope of Beijing astronomical Observatory and the automatic meridian circle of MAO.
		Improvement of proper motions for Hipparcos stars and radio stars with type-I, II photoelectric astrolabes and old plates taken with 40cm refractor at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and 60cm reflector at Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory.
		For example, using ACT Reference Catalogue as preliminary reference catalogue, we have reduced 31 exposures on 15 plates in two plate areas taken with the 40cm refractor at She-Shan Station of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, and obtained high precision proper motions of 16 Hipparcos stars, with the rms of 0.54mas/yr.
	ad.usno.navy.mil /dens_wg/shanghai (279 words)

	Globe In Transit
		he was on a mountain at the time and remembers that the object seemed to rotate, afterward moving in one direction.
		Frank Halstead of Darling Observatory was travelling on a fast train to California with his wife Ann, when she called his attention to an object moving parallel to the train, and at about the same speed, above a range of mountains.
		A conversation in an observatory: 'The International Bulletin 11, the journal of the Netherlands Study Group for UFOlogy, prints in its November, 1960, issue the results of an interview with Mr.Damen Sterk, of the observatory of Utrecht.
	www.xdream.freeserve.co.uk /UFOBase/Astronomers.htm (18190 words)

	Balam's comet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was no ordinary night last June 8 at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich when UVic Astronomy research associate Dave Balam was observing a group of asteroids spotted a few days earlier by astronomers in China.
		But official recognition of Balam's discovery wouldn't come from the International Astronomical Union until Jan. 23, when a bulletin released by the IAU announced that the comet would indeed be named for him and his Chinese counterpart, Gin Zhu, the leader of a team of astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory 250 kilometres from Beijing.
		Balam was surprised and delighted when he heard news of the IAU's decision from Dr. Jim Hesser of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, where Balam had been working with DAO's Plaskett Telescope when he spotted the comet.
	astrowww.phys.uvic.ca /media/ring/6.htm (391 words)

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