Lick Observatory

The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range near San Jose, California, USA. The observatory is managed from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where its scientific staff moved to in the mid-1960s.

Significant discoveries

The following astronomical objects were discovered at Lick Observatory:

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• Several moons of Jupiter
• Amalthea
• Ananke
• Elara
• Himalia
• Lysithea
• Sinope (disputed)
• Several extrasolar planets
• Triple planet systems
• Upsilon Andromedae (with Whipple Observatory)
• 55 Cancri
• Double planet systems
• HD38529 (with Keck Observatory)
• HD12661 (with Keck)
• GJ876 (with Keck)
• 47 Ursa Majoris
• Near-Earth asteroid (29075) 1950 DA