Spacewatch Astrometry and Photometry of Near-Earth Objects
Abstract
The Spacewatch Project uses four telescopes of apertures 0.9-m, 1.8-m, 2.3-m, and 4-m on Kitt Peak mountain in Arizona for followup astrometry of priority NEOs. Objects as faint as V=23 on the MPC's NEO Confirmation Page, targets of radar, potential impactors, targets of spacecraft observations or visits, and PHAs with future close approaches to Earth receive priority for astrometry.
- Publication:
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Asteroids: New Observations, New Models
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921315006766
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..318..317M
- Keywords:
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- minor planets;
- asteroids;
- astrometry;
- atlases;
- surveys