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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="نقشه‌برداری آسمانی کاتالینا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نقشه‌برداری آسمانی کاتالینا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%ED%83%88%EB%A6%AC%EB%82%98_%EC%B2%9C%EC%B2%B4_%ED%83%90%EC%82%AC" title="카탈리나 천체 탐사 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카탈리나 천체 탐사" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%AB_%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1_%D5%AE%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80" title="Երկնքի հետազոտության Կատալինա ծրագիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Երկնքի հետազոտության Կատալինա ծրագիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalinski_nebeski_pregled" title="Catalinski nebeski pregled – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Catalinski nebeski pregled" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7" title="دراسة كاتالينا للسما – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دراسة كاتالينا للسما" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4" title="カタリナ・スカイサーベイ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カタリナ・スカイサーベイ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Sky_Survey" title="Catalina Sky Survey – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Catalina Sky Survey" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" 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class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.417°N 110.733°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.417; -110.733</span></span></span></a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515838#P625" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes" title="List of observatory codes">Observatory code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes#703" title="List of observatory codes">703</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu">catalina<wbr />.lpl<wbr />.arizona<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="metadata" style="text-align: right;">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515838" class="extiw" title="d:Q515838">edit on Wikidata</a>]</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="font-size: 0.9em; width: 270px;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">Minor planets</a> discovered: 25602 <sup id="cite_ref-MPC-Discoverers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPC-Discoverers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><i>see <a href="#List_of_discovered_minor_planets">§ List of discovered minor planets</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Catalina Sky Survey</b> (<b>CSS</b>; <a href="/wiki/List_of_observatory_codes" title="List of observatory codes">obs. code</a>: <a href="/wiki/IAU_code#703" class="mw-redirect" title="IAU code">703</a>) is an <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_survey" title="Astronomical survey">astronomical survey</a> to discover <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroids</a>. It is conducted at the <a href="/wiki/Steward_Observatory" title="Steward Observatory">Steward Observatory</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Catalina_Station" title="Catalina Station">Catalina Station</a>, located near <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>, in the United States. </p><p>CSS focuses on the search for <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">near-Earth objects</a>, in particular on any <a href="/wiki/Potentially_hazardous_asteroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Potentially hazardous asteroid">potentially hazardous asteroid</a> that may pose a threat of <a href="/wiki/Impact_event" title="Impact event">impact</a>. Its counterpart in the southern hemisphere was the <a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Survey" title="Siding Spring Survey">Siding Spring Survey</a> (SSS), closed in 2013 due to loss of funding. CSS supersedes the photographic <b>Bigelow Sky Survey</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NEA_by_survey.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NEA_by_survey.png/300px-NEA_by_survey.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NEA_by_survey.png/450px-NEA_by_survey.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/NEA_by_survey.png/600px-NEA_by_survey.png 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Number of <a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_object" title="Near-Earth object">NEOs</a> detected by various projects: <table style="width: 100%; margin-bottom: 8px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="40%"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #0000B3;background-color:#0000FF; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/LINEAR" class="mw-redirect" title="LINEAR">LINEAR</a></span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #B37400;background-color:#FFA500; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Near_Earth_Asteroid_Tracking" class="mw-redirect" title="Near Earth Asteroid Tracking">NEAT</a></span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #800000;background-color:#FF0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Spacewatch" title="Spacewatch">Spacewatch</a></span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #B3B300;background-color:#FFFF00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/LONEOS" class="mw-redirect" title="LONEOS">LONEOS</a></span> </td> <td valign="top"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #003D00;background-color:#008B00; color:black;"> </span> CSS</span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #390052;background-color:#FF00FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Pan-STARRS" title="Pan-STARRS">Pan-STARRS</a></span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #333;background-color:#00CCCC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/NEOWISE" class="mw-redirect" title="NEOWISE">NEOWISE</a></span><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #333;background-color:#993300; color:white;"> </span> All others</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </figcaption></figure> <p>The NEO Observations Program is a result of a United States 1998 congressional directive to <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> to begin a program to identify objects 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) or larger to a confidence level of 90% or better. The Catalina Sky Survey, located at the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Observatory" title="Mount Lemmon Observatory">Mount Lemmon Observatory</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Catalina_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalina Mountains">Catalina Mountains</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Tucson" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson">Tucson</a>, carries out searches for near-earth objects (NEOs), contributing to the congressionally-mandated goal. </p><p>In addition to identifying impact risks, the project also obtains other scientific information, including: improving the known population distribution in the main belt, finding the cometary distribution at larger <a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a> distances, determining the distribution of NEOs as a product of collisional history and transport to the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Solar_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Solar System">inner Solar System</a>, and identifying potential targets for flight projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Techniques">Techniques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Techniques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) uses three telescopes, a 1.5-meter (59 in) f/1.6 telescope on the peak of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon" title="Mount Lemmon">Mount Lemmon</a> (MPC code G96), a 68 cm (27 in) f/1.7 <a href="/wiki/Schmidt_camera" title="Schmidt camera">Schmidt</a> telescope near <a href="/wiki/Mount_Bigelow_(Arizona)" title="Mount Bigelow (Arizona)">Mount Bigelow</a> (MPC code 703), and a 1-meter (39 in) f/2.6 follow-up telescope also on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon" title="Mount Lemmon">Mount Lemmon</a> (MPC code I52). The three telescopes are located in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Mountains" title="Santa Catalina Mountains">Santa Catalina Mountains</a> near Tucson, Arizona. The CSS southern hemisphere counterpart, the <a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Survey" title="Siding Spring Survey">Siding Spring Survey</a> (SSS), used a 0.5-meter (20 in) f/3 <a href="/wiki/Uppsala_Southern_Schmidt_Telescope" title="Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope">Uppsala Schmidt telescope</a> at <a href="/wiki/Siding_Spring_Observatory" title="Siding Spring Observatory">Siding Spring Observatory</a> in Australia. The 1.5-meter and 68-cm survey telescopes use identical, <a href="/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling" title="Thermoelectric cooling">thermo-electrically cooled</a> cameras and common software written by the CSS team. The cameras are cooled to approximately −100 °C (−148 °F) so their <a href="/wiki/Dark_current_(physics)" title="Dark current (physics)">dark current</a> is about 1 electron per hour. These 10,560×10,560-pixel cameras provide a <a href="/wiki/Field_of_view" title="Field of view">field of view</a> of 5 square degrees with the 1.5-m telescope and nearly 20 square degrees with the Catalina Schmidt. Nominal <a href="/wiki/Exposure_(photography)" title="Exposure (photography)">exposures</a> are 30 seconds and the 1.5-m can reach objects fainter than 21.5 <a href="/wiki/UBV_photometric_system" title="UBV photometric system">V</a> in that time.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1-meter follow-up telescope uses a 2000×2000-pixel CCD detector which provides a <a href="/wiki/Field_of_view" title="Field of view">field of view</a> of 0.3 square degrees. Starting in 2019, CSS started using the 1.54-meter (61 in) Kuiper telescope situated on Mt. Bigelow for targeted follow-up for 7–12 nights per lunation. </p><p>CSS typically operates every clear night with the exception of a few nights centered on the <a href="/wiki/Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a>. The southern hemispheres' SSS in Australia ended in 2013 after funding was discontinued.<sup id="cite_ref-guard-closure_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-closure-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discoveries">Discoveries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discoveries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, CSS became the most prolific NEO survey, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Near-Earth_Asteroid_Research" title="Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research">Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research</a> (LINEAR) in total number of NEOs and potentially hazardous asteroids discovered each year since. As of 2020, the Catalina Sky Survey is responsible for the discovery of 47% of the total known NEO population.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_discoveries">Notable discoveries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable discoveries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Minor planet</th> <th>Discovery date</th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_JY26" title="2006 JY26">2006 JY<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">26</span></span></a></span> </td> <td>May 6, 2006 </td> <td>Nearly missed the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> on May 9–10, 2006, and may impact the Earth on May 3, 2073.<sup id="cite_ref-impact_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-impact-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_WD5" title="2007 WD5">2007 WD<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span> </td> <td>November 20, 2007 </td> <td>Nearly missed <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> on January 9, 2008 <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NEO0109_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEO0109-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_TC3" title="2008 TC3">2008 TC<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">3</span></span></a></span> </td> <td>October 6, 2008 </td> <td>Struck Earth on October 7, 2008 <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_XE133" title="2012 XE133">2012 XE<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">133</span></span></a></span> </td> <td>December 12, 2012 </td> <td>Currently a temporary <a href="/wiki/Co-orbital" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-orbital">co-orbital</a> of <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dynamics_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dynamics-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AA" title="2014 AA">2014 AA</a></span> </td> <td>January 1, 2014 </td> <td>Struck Earth on January 2, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Farnocchia2016_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farnocchia2016-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marcos2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marcos2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_LA" title="2018 LA">2018 LA</a></span> </td> <td>June 2, 2018 </td> <td>Struck Earth on June 2, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-JPL-new-discovery_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-new-discovery-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_RW1" title="2024 RW1">2024 RW<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span> </td> <td>September 4, 2024 </td> <td>Struck Earth on September 4, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Tingley_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingley-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_discovered_minor_planets">List of discovered minor planets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of discovered minor planets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a complete listing of all minor planets discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey, <i>see the <a href="/wiki/LOMP" class="mw-redirect" title="LOMP">index</a> section in <a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planets" title="List of minor planets">list of minor planets</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="CSS/SSS_team"><span id="CSS.2FSSS_team"></span>CSS/SSS team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: CSS/SSS team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CSS team is headed by D. Carson Fuls of the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_and_Planetary_Laboratory" title="Lunar and Planetary Laboratory">Lunar and Planetary Laboratory</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The full CSS team is: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>D. Carson Fuls (principal investigator)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._Larson" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen M. Larson">Stephen M. Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_R._Gibbs" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex R. Gibbs">Alex R. Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_D._Grauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert D. Grauer">Albert D. Grauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard E. Hill">Richard E. Hill</a> (Retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Kowalski" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard A. Kowalski">Richard A. Kowalski</a></li> <li>Joshua Hogan</li> <li>Hannes Gröller</li> <li>Frank Shelly</li> <li>David Rankin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_J._Leonard" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory J. Leonard">Gregory J. Leonard</a></li> <li>Rob Seaman</li> <li>Vivian Carvajal</li> <li>Tracie Beuden</li> <li>Jacqueline Fazekas</li> <li>Kacper Wierzchos</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SSS">SSS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: SSS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught" title="Robert H. McNaught">Robert H. McNaught</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_J._Garradd" title="Gordon J. Garradd">Gordon J. Garradd</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_outreach">Educational outreach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Educational outreach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CSS has helped with <a href="/wiki/Astronomy_Camp" title="Astronomy Camp">Astronomy Camp</a> by showing campers how they detect NEOs. They even played a role in an astrophotography exercise with the 2006 Adult Astronomy Camp ending up with a picture that was featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catalina_Outer_Solar_System_Survey">Catalina Outer Solar System Survey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Catalina Outer Solar System Survey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Zooniverse" title="Zooniverse">Zooniverse</a> project <a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Outer_Solar_System_Survey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catalina Outer Solar System Survey (page does not exist)">Catalina Outer Solar System Survey</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Citizen_science" title="Citizen science">citizen science</a> project and is listed as a <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> citizen science project.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this project, the volunteers search for <a href="/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_objects" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans-Neptunian objects">trans-Neptunian objects</a> (TNOs) in pre-processed images of the Catalina Sky Survey. Computers can detect the motion of TNOs, but humans must check whether this motion is real.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon agreement with the volunteers, they will be cited as "measurers" in the submission of the <a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">astrometry</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minor_Planet_Center" title="Minor Planet Center">Minor Planet Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project already found previously known TNOs, including <a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo" title="47171 Lempo">47171 Lempo</a>, <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(445473)_2010_VZ98" title="(445473) 2010 VZ98">(445473) 2010 VZ<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">98</span></span></a></span>, and <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(144897)_2004_UX10" title="(144897) 2004 UX10">(144897) 2004 UX<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">10</span></span></a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catalina_Sky_Survey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Zoo" title="Asteroid Zoo">Asteroid Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_survey" title="Astronomical survey">Astronomical survey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Large_Synoptic_Survey_Telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Large Synoptic Survey Telescope">Large Synoptic Survey Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minor_Planet_Center" title="Minor Planet Center">Minor Planet Center</a> (MPC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_Data_System" title="Planetary Data System">Planetary Data System</a> (PDS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaceguard" title="Spaceguard">Spaceguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System" title="Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System">Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_near-Earth_object_observation_projects" title="List of near-Earth object observation projects">List of near-Earth object observation projects</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=yahoo.com&rft.atitle=Last+night+at+G96+I+have+very+good+conditions%2C+high+transparency+and+sub-arcsecond+seeing+and+for+at+least+one+NEO+candidate+at+21.8+V&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.groups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2Fmpml%2Fmessage%2F23792&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatalina+Sky+Survey" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2023">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guard-closure-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-guard-closure_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSafi2014" class="citation news cs1">Safi, Michael (20 October 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/20/funding-cuts-leave-earth-with-blind-spot-for-potentially-catastrophic-comets">"Earth at risk after cuts close comet-spotting program, scientists warn"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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