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NEO search telescope in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Yuehua Ma ,
Haibin Zhao  and
Dazhi Yao
Yuehua Ma
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: yhma@pmo.ac.cn
Haibin Zhao
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: yhma@pmo.ac.cn
Dazhi Yao
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: yhma@pmo.ac.cn
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Abstract

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Chinese scientists have contributed many research works to the field of asteroid surveying and related topics. In the early 1960s, Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) began observing asteroids and found over 130 new numbered asteroids during the following decades. The Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program (SCAP) of Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO) started in 1995 and found 575 asteroids in several years.

NEOs represent a great threat to the near-Earth environment by closely approaching Earth or even impacting with Earth. After the impact of comet SL9 on Jupiter, Chinese proposed to build a NEO Search Telescope to take part in the joint international NEO survey. It is a 1.0/1.2 m Schmidt telescope with a 4K×4K drift scanning CCD detector. Here we elaborate upon its applications to objects of scientific interest, its parameters, and its observing station.

Keywords

Surveytelescopeobservation site
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S236: Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk , August 2006 , pp. 381 - 384
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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