SPACEWATCH
(survey to study minor planets)
SPACEWATCH is an astronomical survey
begun in 1980 to study minor planets,
asteroids, comets, etc.
The effort has two dedicated telescopes
(0.9 meter and 1.8 meter) and uses some
time on the Mayall 4m Telescope and 2.3-meter Bok Telescope,
all located at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
The effort has discovered numerous minor planets and moons,
and also spotted transients.
Note that the word Spacewatch has been used in
the names of other unrelated efforts such as a
corporation and a digital magazine.
(survey,solar system,minor planets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewatch
https://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/
https://astro.arizona.edu/spacewatch-telescopes-kitt-peak
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/kitt-peak-national-observatory/spacewatch-18m-telescope/
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/kitt-peak-national-observatory/spacewatch-09m-telescope/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984MPBu...11....1G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992acm..proc..541S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ASPC..107....3B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ASPC..107..107S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996EM%26P...72..233G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007IAUS..236..329M/abstract
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