Astronomy:List of near-Earth object observation projects
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Short description: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| NELIOTA | 2017 | 2023 | Monitoring project of lunar impact flashes for the determination of the distribution and frequency of small NEOs |
| NEO Surveyor | 2028 | ||
| NEOSTEL | 2020 | Planned ground-based fly-eye survey telescope | |
| NEODyS | Database of near-Earth asteroid orbits | ||
| NEOWISE | 2009 | 2024 | 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) |
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Annual NEA discoveries by survey: (all NEAs)
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Annual NEA discoveries by survey: (NEAs > 1 km)
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A telescope used by the Catalina Sky Survey
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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. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html.
- ↑ "Home". http://www.euronear.org/. "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. http://earn.dlr.de/odas/.
- ↑ Waszczak, Adam; Prince, Thomas A.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Bue, Brian; Rebbapragada, Umaa; Barlow, Tom; Jason Surace et al. (2017). "Small Near-Earth Asteroids in the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: A Real-Time Streak-detection System" (in en). Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 129 (973). doi:10.1088/1538-3873/129/973/034402. ISSN 1538-3873. http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3873/129/i=973/a=034402.
- ↑ "The story so far". https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/The_story_so_far. "ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme was launched in 2009"
- ↑ "Spacewatch Telescope Detects Its First Asteroids" (in en). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/10/001010072508.htm.
External links
- The Catalina Sky Survey: Exploration leads to discovery
- overview graph of asteroid discovery since 1800
- List of asteroid surveys
