Piera Observatory is an astronomical

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

 observatory

Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...

 located in Piera

Piera

The municipality of Piera covers a large portion of the southeastern corner of the comarca of Anoia in Catalonia, on the left bank of the Anoia river. The agricultural land, mostly non-irrigated, is used for the cultivation of cereals, grapes, olives and almonds. The town itself hosts a number of...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, with the IAU observatory code 165.

It takes part in the Unicorn Project with the Ametlla de Mar Observatory

Ametlla de Mar Observatory

Ametlla de Mar Observatory is an astronomical observatory situated in L'Ametlla de Mar, Catalonia with the IAU observatory code 946. It is operated by Jaume Nomen, and takes part in Unicorn Project and Minor Planet Astrometry....

 and Costitx Observatory. One of its first discoveries was the asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

  (by Joan Guarro), now 13868 Catalonia

13868 Catalonia

13868 Catalonia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 29, 1999 by J. Guarro at Piera Observatory.- External links :*...

. Josep Comas Solá

Josep Comas Solá

Josep Comas i Solà was a Catalan Spanish astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter...

's discovery, nearly 70 years earlier, of 1930 SB was initially supposed to be named Catalonia, but political pressure from the Francoist regime then in power made this impossible. Solá finally named it 1188 Gothlandia

1188 Gothlandia

1188 Gothlandia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1930 by Josep Comas Solà at Barcelona.- External links :**http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004PDSS....1...77B...

instead, from the ancient Frankish name for Catalonia, Gothland or Gotia.