EURONEAR
| see § List of discovered minor planets |
EURONEAR, the European Near Earth Asteroids Research, is a research project which aims to develop a research network which will search, discover and monitor near-Earth objects and potentially hazardous asteroids using two automated dedicated 1–2 metre telescopes located in both hemispheres and other facilities available to the members of the network.[2] The Minor Planet Center directly credits EURONEAR with the discovery of several minor planets in 2008.[1]
Institutions
Institutions which collaborate in this project are:[3]
- Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides (IMCCE), France (May 2006)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile (Sep 2006)
- Universidad Católica del Norte Instituto de Astronomía, Chile (Mar 2007)
- Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), La Palma, Spain (Jan 2008)
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife, Spain (Apr 2009)
The dates represent the time at which the institutions joined the project.
List of discovered minor planets
| 257005 Arpadpal | 11 March 2008 |
| 263516 Alexescu | 13 March 2008 |
| 320790 Anestin | 12 March 2008 |
| 330634 Boico | 11 March 2008 |
| 346261 Alexandrescu | 12 March 2008 |
| 358894 Demetrescu | 12 March 2008 |
| 365761 Popovici | 13 March 2008 |
| 369088 Marcus | 12 March 2008 |
| 450931 Coculescu | 11 March 2008 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "About EuroNear". EURONEAR. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Institutions". EURONEAR. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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