A new asteroid observation and search technique

L. G. Taff

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A new asteroid observation and search technique

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1981 English Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, volume 93, page 658 (issn: 0004-6280, eissn: 1538-3873,

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Authors: L. G. Taff;

doi: 10.1086/130905

A new asteroid observation and search technique

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A prototype observatory was constructed near Socorro, New Mexico to search for and observe earth-approaching asteroids. Hardware modifications were made so that the discrimination of artificial satellites at an angular speed of 15 arcsec/sec can be used to observe minor planets at an angular speed of 0.01 arcsec/sec. Assuming no correlations between time of perigee passage and time of year, a recovery of 25 asteroids per year is expected.

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