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The Jura Observatory () is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Jura Astronomy Society (; SJA). Built in 1993/1998, it is located near Vicques in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its IAU observatory code is 185.

On August 28, 2008, Michel Ory discovered the periodic comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) at the observatory.

Oukaïmeden Observatory The Jura Astronomy Society, in collaboration with French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner and the Cadi Ayyad University, also participates in the Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey (MOSS), using a remote 0.5-meter telescope at Oukaïmeden Observatory (), which is operated by the university since 2007. The observatory is located in the High Atlas mountains, 50 kilometers south of Marrakesh, Morocco.

List of discovered minor planets

42113 Jura 15 January 2001 42191 Thurmann 14 February 2001 46095 Frédérickoby 15 March 2001 77755 Delémont 13 August 2001 1 April 2005 360762 FRIPON 4 January 2005 8 August 2005 9 August 2005

See also

References

External links Jura Observatory, homepage of the Jura Astronomy Society MOSS project Optical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmeden in the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics Astronomie Marrakech