List of near-Earth object observation projects
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List of near-Earth object observation projects is a list of projects that observe Near-Earth objects usually asteroids, but sometimes comets.
- Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey, astronomical survey 1990-1996
- Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
- Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), since 2015
- Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
- Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey, since 2001
- Catalina Sky Survey, since 1998
- EURONEAR
- International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (planned ground-based survey telescope)
- Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR), since 1998
- Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS, 1993-2008)
- Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite ( microsatellite observatory, launched 2013)
- Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT), 1995-2007
- Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission, planned for 2025+
- NEOSTEL (planned ground-based fly-eye survey telescope)
- NEODyS
- Orbit@home
- OGS Telescope (1995- )
- OCA–DLR Asteroid Survey, 1996-1999[1]
- Palomar–Leiden survey, 1960–1977
- Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey, 1973
- Palomar Transient Factory[2]
- Pan-STARRS, since 2008-
- Sentinel Space Telescope (proposed space telescope)
- Sentry (monitoring system)
- Siding Spring Survey (2004-2013)
- Space Situational Awareness Programme
- Spacewatch, observations since 1984[3]
- Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network
- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (infrared space telescope launched in 2009)
Contents
Chart[edit]
Number of NEOs detected by various projects per year:
| LINEAR NEAT Spacewatch LONEOS | CSS Pan-STARRS NEOWISE All others |
See also[edit]
- List of asteroid close approaches to Earth
- Asteroid impact prediction
- Category:Asteroid surveys
- Space debris
- Astronomical survey
References[edit]
- ^ Hahn, Gerhard (6 February 2015). "O.D.A.S. Home Page". European Asteroid Research Node. 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.
- ^ "Spacewatch Telescope Detects Its First Asteroids". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
