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    is a periodic comet first discovered January 1, 1965 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking. It last came to perihelion on 25 December 2023 at...
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  • Thumbnail for C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
    simply Comet A3) is a comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on 9 January 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South...
    29 KB (2,754 words) - 16:58, 1 November 2024
  • Pylon I and Pylon II Yangtze River Crossing article from Elevator World magazine Yangtze High-Voltage Crossing Pylons at Structurae Alimak lifts at work:...
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    these almanacs moved to new calculation based on the location of Purple Mountain Observatory, with longitude of 120°E.[citation needed] An epoch is a point...
    91 KB (9,619 words) - 07:48, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fulvio Melia
    Melbourne University, and a distinguished visiting professor at Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China. From 1996 to 2002, he was a scientific editor...
    9 KB (1,023 words) - 07:55, 26 August 2024
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    Johns Hopkins Gazette, June 11, 2007. Vol 36, No. 37. "Johns Hopkins Magazine". Harvey, Diane K. (July 1986). "The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese...
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    Institute of Astronomy of the Academia Sinica (predecessor of Purple Mountain Observatory), Department of Physics of National Central University and Bureau...
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    Zhang Yuzhe (張鈺哲, 1902–1986), astronomer and director of the Purple Mountain Observatory Shu Chun Teng (鄧叔群, 1902–1970), mycologist Fan Tchunpi, painter...
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  • (1913–1986), Soviet physicist MPC · 3493 3494 Purple Mountain 1980 XW Purple Mountain Observatory, Jiangsu, China MPC · 3494 3495 Colchagua 1981 NU Colchagua Province...
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  • 1981 GN1 Zhang Jiaxiang (born 1932), Chinese astronomer at the Purple mountain observatory and a discoverer of minor planets MPC · 4760 4761 Urrutia 1981...
    173 KB (420 words) - 05:01, 29 October 2024
  • who is an uncredited co-discoverer of this minor planet at the Purple Mountain Observatory MPC · 5198 5199 Dortmund 1981 RP2 The city of Dortmund, capital...
    172 KB (470 words) - 16:01, 29 October 2024