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Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey

Index Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey

The Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey (PCAS) was an astronomical survey, initiated by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Eugene Shoemaker at the U.S Palomar Observatory, California, in 1973. [1]

23 relations: Apollo asteroid, Astronomical survey, Aten asteroid, Brian P. Roman, Cambridge University Press, Comet, Degree (angle), Eleanor F. Helin, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Impact event, International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey, List of exceptional asteroids, Minor planet, Minor Planet Center, Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking, Near-Earth object, Orbital inclination, Palomar Observatory, Princeton University Press, Spacewatch, (5496) 1973 NA, 2062 Aten, 4015 Wilson–Harrington.

Apollo asteroid

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

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Astronomical survey

An astronomical survey is a general map or image of a region of the sky which lacks a specific observational target.

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Aten asteroid

The Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth.

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Brian P. Roman

Brian P. Roman is an American astronomer.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle, defined so that a full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Eleanor F. Helin

Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin (née Francis, 19 November 1932 – 25 January 2009) was an American astronomer.

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Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997), also known as Gene Shoemaker, was an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science.

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Impact event

An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.

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International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey

The International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey (INAS) was an astronomical survey, organized and co-ordinated by prolific American astronomer Eleanor Helin during the 1980s.

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List of exceptional asteroids

The following is a collection of lists of exceptional asteroids in the Solar System.

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Minor planet

A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.

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Minor Planet Center

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.

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Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking

Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) was a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects.

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Near-Earth object

A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body whose orbit can bring it into proximity with Earth.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Spacewatch

The Spacewatch project is an astronomical survey that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.

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(5496) 1973 NA

(5496) 1973 NA, is a very eccentric and heavily tilted asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter.

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2062 Aten

2062 Aten, provisional designation, is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid and namesake of the Aten asteroids, a subgroup of near-Earth objects.

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4015 Wilson–Harrington

4015 Wilson–Harrington is a small Solar System body known both as Comet Wilson–Harrington or 107P/Wilson–Harrington, and as an asteroid designated 4015 Wilson–Harrington.

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Redirects here:

Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey, Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Planet-Crossing_Asteroid_Survey

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