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Spacewatch was founded in 1980 by Tom Gehrels and Robert S. McMillan, and is currently led by astronomer Melissa Brucker at the University of Arizona. Spacewatch uses several telescopes on Kitt Peak for follow-up observations of near-Earth objects. [3] The Spacewatch Project uses three telescopes of apertures 0.9-m, 1.8-m, and 2.3-m.
The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 757001 through 758000, inclusive.The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" [1] and data available from the Minor Planet Center.
The ARO 12m Radio Telescope is also at the location. Kitt Peak is famous for hosting the first telescope (an old 91 cm reflector) used to search for near-Earth asteroids, and calculating the probability of an impact with planet Earth. [9] Kitt Peak hosts an array of programs for the public to take part in, including: [10]
7066 Nessus / ˈ n ɛ s ə s / is a very red centaur on an eccentric orbit, located beyond Saturn in the outer Solar System.It was discovered on 26 April 1993, by astronomers of the Spacewatch program at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. [1]
125P/Spacewatch is a periodic Jupiter-family comet. It was discovered on September 8, 1991, by Tom Gehrels using the 0.91 m Spacewatch telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory . [ 4 ] It was the first comet discovered with the use of a CCD [ 5 ] and also the faintest comet upon discovery up to that point. [ 4 ]
The yellow dots show the position uncertainty of asteroid 2024 YR4 when it encounters Earth in 2032, based on observations up to January 31, 2025.
1991 VG is a very small near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 5–12 meters (16–39 feet) in diameter.It was first observed by American astronomer James Scotti on 6 November 1991, using the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.
The following is a list of unnumbered minor planets in chronological order of their principal provisional designation.Contrary to their numbered counterparts, unnumbered minor planets have a poorly determined orbit due to insufficient observational data.