List of near-Earth object observation projects

List of near-Earth object observation projects is a list of projects that observe Near-Earth objects. Most are astronomical surveys intended to find undiscovered asteroids, and they sometimes find comets.

ProjectCommissionedDecommissionedDescription
Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey19901996
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey20012002
Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)2015
Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program19962002discovered more than 1000 minor planets[1]
Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey2001
Catalina Sky Survey1998About 1000 objects per year
EURONEAR2006[2]
International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR)1998
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search19932008
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite2013microsatellite observatory
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)19952007
NEO Surveyor2028
NEOSTEL2020planned ground-based fly-eye survey telescope
NEODySDatabase of near earth asteroid orbits
NEOWISE2009infrared survey to identify and characterize the population of near-Earth objects
Orbit@home20082013?NEO-related distributed computing project
OGS Telescope1995
OCA–DLR Asteroid Survey1996[3]1999
Palomar–Leiden survey19601977
Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey19731995
Palomar Transient Factory[4]20092012
Pan-STARRS2008
Sentinel Space Telescopeproposed space telescope
Sentry (monitoring system)
Siding Spring Survey20042013
Space Situational Awareness Programme2009[5]
Spacewatch1984[6]
Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network
Vera C. Rubin Observatory2024ground-based survey telescope (under construction)

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