EURONEAR
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 asteroids (NEAs) and potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) using two automated dedicated 1–2 metre telescopes located in both hemispheres and other facilities available to the members of the network.[1] As of 2016, the Minor Planet Center directly credits EURONEAR with the discovery of 8 minor planets in 2008 (see also Category:Discoveries by EURONEAR).[2]
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.
See also
References
- ↑ "About EuroNear". EURONEAR. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 February 2016. Retrieved March 2016.
- ↑ "Institutions". EURONEAR. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
External links
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