Back مرصد جبل الطاولة Arabic مرصد تابل ماونتن ARZ Observatoire de Table Mountain French Թեյբլ-Մաունթին աստղադիտարան Armenian Observatório de Table Mountain Portuguese Обсерватория Тейбл-Маунтин Russian Обсерваторія Столова Гора Ukrainian
 Aerial view of Table Mountain Observatory | |||||
| Organization | NASA / JPL | ||||
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| Observatory code | 673 | ||||
| Location | Big Pines, California, U.S. | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°22′55″N 117°40′54″W / 34.3820°N 117.6818°W | ||||
| Altitude | 2,286 meters (7,500 ft) | ||||
| Established | 1924 | ||||
| Website | tmf | ||||
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Table Mountain Observatory (TMO) is an astronomical observation facility operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology). It is located in Big Pines, California, in the Angeles National Forest near Wrightwood, north-northeast of Los Angeles, California.[1][2]
TMO is part of JPL's Table Mountain Facility (TMF). The larger site hosts a number of non-astronomical projects. The site was first used by the Smithsonian Institution in 1924, which conducted atmospheric, solar, and astronomical observations for many years. JPL took over the lease in 1962.[3][2] The observatory conducts high-precision astrometric observations to support NASA and international spacecraft mission navigation, confirmation and recovery of near-Earth objects such as comets and asteroids that may potentially impact the Earth, and technology development.[4]
The main-belt asteroid 84882 Table Mountain was named in honor of the observatory.[2]
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