List of near-Earth object observation projects
Projects that observe Near-Earth objects
List of near-Earth object observation projects is a list of projects that observe Near-Earth objects. Most are astronomical surveys intended to find undiscovered asteroids, and they sometimes find comets.
Project | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Description |
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Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey | 1990 | 1996 | |
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey | 2001 | 2002 | |
Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) | 2015 | ||
Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program | 1996 | 2002 | discovered more than 1000 minor planets[1] |
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey | 2001 | ||
Catalina Sky Survey | 1998 | About 1000 objects per year | |
EURONEAR | 2006[2] | ||
International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey | |||
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) | 1998 | ||
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search | 1993 | 2008 | |
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite | 2013 | microsatellite observatory | |
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) | 1995 | 2007 | |
NEO Surveyor | 2028 | ||
NEOSTEL | 2020 | planned ground-based fly-eye survey telescope | |
NEODyS | Database of near earth asteroid orbits | ||
NEOWISE | 2009 | infrared survey to identify and characterize the population of near-Earth objects | |
Orbit@home | 2008 | 2013? | NEO-related distributed computing project |
OGS Telescope | 1995 | ||
OCA–DLR Asteroid Survey | 1996[3] | 1999 | |
Palomar–Leiden survey | 1960 | 1977 | |
Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey | 1973 | 1995 | |
Palomar Transient Factory[4] | 2009 | 2012 | |
Pan-STARRS | 2008 | ||
Sentinel Space Telescope | proposed space telescope | ||
Sentry (monitoring system) | |||
Siding Spring Survey | 2004 | 2013 | |
Space Situational Awareness Programme | 2009[5] | ||
Spacewatch | 1984[6] | ||
Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network | |||
Vera C. Rubin Observatory | 2024 | ground-based survey telescope (under construction) |
- Annual NEA discoveries by survey: (all NEAs)
- Annual NEA discoveries by survey: (NEAs > 1 km)
- A telescope used by the Catalina Sky Survey
- WISE, used for NEOWISE
See also
- List of asteroid close approaches to Earth
- Asteroid impact prediction
- Category:Asteroid surveys
- Space debris
- Astronomical survey
- Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys
- List of asteroid-discovering observatories
References
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Home". EURONEAR. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
It was established in May 2006 by Ovidiu Vaduvescu and Mirel Birlan (former Romanian astronomers) at IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, France.
- ^ Hahn, Gerhard (6 February 2015). "O.D.A.S. Home Page". European Asteroid Research Node. Archived from the original on 7 September 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Waszczak, Adam; Prince, Thomas A.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Bue, Brian; Rebbapragada, Umaa; Barlow, Tom; Jason Surace; Helou, George (2017). "Small Near-Earth Asteroids in the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: A Real-Time Streak-detection System". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 129 (973): 034402. arXiv:1609.08018. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/129/973/034402. ISSN 1538-3873. S2CID 43606524.
- ^ "The story so far". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme was launched in 2009
- ^ "Spacewatch Telescope Detects Its First Asteroids". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
External links
- The Catalina Sky Survey: Exploration leads to discovery
- overview graph of asteroid discovery since 1800
- List of asteroid surveys