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We present here VRI spectrophotometry of 39 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) observed with the Sutherland, South Africa, node of the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet). Of the 39 NEAs, 19 were targeted, but because of KMTNet's large 2…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 N. Erasmus , M. Mommert , D. E. Trilling , A. A. Sickafoose , C. van Gend , J. L. Hora

Planetary radar observations offer the potential for probing the properties of characteristics of solid bodies throughout the inner solar system and at least as far as the orbit of Saturn. In addition to the direct scientific value, precise…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-23 M. Brozovic , B. J. Butler , Jean-Luc Margot , Shantanu P. Naidu , T. Joseph W. Lazio

We report follow-up observations of 477 program Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) using nine telescopes of the EURONEAR network having apertures between 0.3 and 4.2 m. Adding these NEAs to our previous results we now count 739 program NEAs…

One-opposition near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are growing in number, and they must be recovered to prevent loss and mismatch risk, and to improve their orbits, as they are likely to be too faint for detection in shallow surveys at future…

In the late 1990s, the Arecibo Observatory and its planetary radar system were upgraded to increase sensitivity by a factor of 20. This upgrade substantially improved the quality of the data and the ability to observe terrestrial planets,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Michael C Nolan , Lynn M. Carter , Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín

The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to planetary encounters and to strong solar wind and radiation effects. Their study is also…

The rotational properties of small near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) provide crucial insights into their internal structure and collisional history. However, systematic surveys targeting metre- to decametre-sized bodies are rare, thus leaving…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Miguel R. Alarcon , Javier Licandro , Miquel Serra-Ricart

Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST), with a powerful sky survey capability in the northern hemisphere, will play an important role in asteroid searching and monitoring. However, WFST is not a telescope dedicated to near-Earth asteroids…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-21 Jun-Qiang Lu , Lu-Lu Fan , Min-Xuan Cai , Shao-Han Wang , Bing-Xue Fu , Xu Kong , Qing-Feng Zhu

Large or even medium sized asteroids impacting the Earth can cause damage on a global scale. Existing and planned concepts for finding near-Earth objects (NEOs) with diameter of 140 m or larger would take ~15-20 years of observation to find…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 Michael Shao , Hanying Zhou , Slava G. Turyshev , Chengxing Zhai , Navtej Saini , Russell Trahan

We propose a low-cost robotic optical survey aimed at $1-300$ m Near Earth Objects (NEO) based on four state-of-the-art telescopes having extremely wide field of view. The small Near-Earth Asteroids (NEA) represent a potential risk but also…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-29 P. Vereš , J. Tóth , R. Jedicke , J. Tonry , L. Denneau , R. Wainscoat , L. Kornoš , J. Šilha

We have used Minor Planet Center data and tools to explore the discovery circumstances and properties of the currently known population of over 10,000 NEAs, and to quantify the challenges for follow-up from ground-based telescopes. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. L. Galache , C. L. Beeson , K. K. McLeod , M. Elvis

In the past two decades an increasing interest in discovering Near Earth Objects has been noted in the astronomical community. Dedicated surveys have been operated for data acquisition and processing, resulting in the present discovery of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-10 T. Stefanut , V. Bacu , C. Nandra , D. Balasz , D. Gorgan , O. Vaduvescu

We detail the use of the University of Tasmania's (UTAS) optical and radio telescopes to conduct observations of near-Earth asteroids from 2021 to 2024. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex transmitted a radio signal at 7159.45…

This article describes a citizen-science project conducted by the Spanish Virtual Observatory (SVO) to improve the orbits of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) using data from astronomical archives. The list of NEAs maintained at the Minor Planet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 E. Solano , C. Rodrigo , R. Pulido , B. Carry

Near-Earth asteroid (275677) 2000 RS11 was observed over 5 days in March 2014 with both the Arecibo (2380 MHz, 12.6 cm) and Goldstone (8560 MHz, 3.5 cm) planetary radar systems. The continuous-wave spectra and delay-Doppler images collected…

The distribution of solar system absolute magnitudes ($H$) for the near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) observable near opposition -- i.e. Amors, Apollos, and Atens ($A^3$) -- is derived from the set of ALL currently known NEAs. The result is based…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Francisco Valdes

Even from a light polluted city it is possible to observe Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) at opposition using a small telescope equipped with a CCD camera. In this paper, we will overview first the major NEA programs, continuing with planning…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ovidiu Vaduvescu

As part of our multi-observatory, multi-filter campaign, we present \rmi color observations of 82 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) obtained with the RATIR instrument on the 1.5m robotic telescope at the San Pedro Martir's National Observatory in…

In the last decades Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) have become very important targets to study, since they can give us clues to the formation, evolution and composition of the Solar System. In addition, they may represent either a threat to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-24 S. Ieva , E. Dotto , D. Perna , M. A. Barucci , F. Bernardi , S. Fornasier , F. De Luise , E. Perozzi , A. Rossi , J. R. Brucato

We present a detailed observational strategy for finding Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) telescope. We investigate strategies in normal, unbinned mode as well as binning the CCDs 2x2 or 3x3, which affects…

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