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Spacewatch conducted a survey that was proposed May 12, 2006, and accepted on November 13, 2006. This survey used data taken over 34 months by the University of Arizona’s Spacewatch Project based at Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak. Spacewatch revisited the same sky area every three to seven nights in order to track cohorts of main-belt asteroids.
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]
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.
Quahog (/ ˈ k (w) oʊ h ɒ ɡ / ⓘ K(W)OH-hog) is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Rhode Island that serves as the primary setting of the American animated sitcom Family Guy and other related media.
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 ]
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]
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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.