astronomy

Piszkéstető Station

Piszkéstető Station is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Piszkéstető Station rather than just read about it. In short: The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958.

Key takeaways

Piszkéstető Station belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Piszkéstető Station to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Piszkéstető Station from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the observatory code 461 and 561 for being used by the Szeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.

Instruments The observatory currently features four telescopes:

60/90/180-centimetre Schmidt telescope since 1962 80-centimetre Ritchey-Chrétien telescope since 2019 (which replaced the 50-centimetre Cassegrain telescope that has been in its place since 1966) 1-metre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 1974 40-centimetre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 2010

Discovery of Impactors Piszkéstető Station discovered 3 of the first 8 impactors which were observed and confirmed while still in orbit: 2022 EB5, 2023 CX1, and 2024 BX1. The asteroid 2022EB was only the fifth asteroid in history to have been discovered prior to impact. This puts the station in a very short list of observatories that have achieved this feat. Several asteroids impact earth every year with enough force to be detected by infrasound sensors designed to detect detonation of nuclear devices, but the vast majority of impacts are unpredicted and occur without warning. Piszkéstető Station discovered this asteroid before it impacted. 2023 CX1 was discovered at the station on February 12, 2023 and impacted the Earth off the coast of Normandy, France. 2024 BX1 was discovered at the station a few hours before it entered the Earth's atmosphere near Berlin on January 21, 2024.

Honors The minor planet 37432 Piszkéstető was named after the station, where it was discovered by astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner in January 2002.

List of discovered minor planets

A total of 19 minor planet discoveries are credited directly to the Piszkéstető Station by the Minor Planet Center.

Gallery

See also List of asteroid-discovering observatories List of astronomical observatories List of minor planet discoverers § Discovering dedicated institutions List of observatory codes

References

External links Piszkéstető Station 3D animation: 1 m RCC telescope

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Piszkéstető Station

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Piszkéstető Station claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Piszkéstető Station before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Piszkéstető Station ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Piszkéstető Station

In research: Piszkéstető Station appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Piszkéstető Station in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Piszkéstető Station is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Astronomical observatories in Hungary, Discoveries by the Piszkéstető Station, Minor-planet discovering observatories, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Piszkéstető Station outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Piszkéstető Station in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Piszkéstető Station means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Piszkéstető Station in simple terms?

Why does Piszkéstető Station matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Piszkéstető Station?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Piszkéstető Station.