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The Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program (SCAP) was an astronomical survey to search for near-Earth objects. It was conducted during the 1990s, at the Xinglong Station in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei province, China and resulted in the discovery of more than a thousand numbered minor planets.

Funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the survey is sometimes also called BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program and NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, referring to the Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO) and National Astronomical Observatory of China (NAOC), respectively.

The instrument that SCAP used to detect near-Earth objects was a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope. Equipped with a 2048×2048 CCD camera, this telescope was installed at the BAO Xinglong station in Hebei province, China.

In a conversation with Space.com contributor Michael Paine, SCAP head Jin Zhu said that the program's allotted time to use the Schmidt telescope was significantly reduced to make room for the observatory's other projects.

Discoveries

From 1995 to 1999, SCAP detected one new comet and 2460 new asteroids and observed 43860 other asteroids, making it the fifth largest asteroid observation project at that time. Five of the asteroids it discovered were NEAs, two of which were considered potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs). In 2002, an NEA was discovered near Earth's moon.

Notable objects NameProvisional designationDiscovery dateRemarksRef7072 Beijingdaxue1996 CB8February 3, 1996asteroid named after Peking University 7800 Zhongkeyuan1996 EW2March 11, 1996asteroid named after the Chinese Academy of Sciences 136511997 BRJanuary 20, 1997first potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) discovered by SCAP 29552 Chern1998 CS2February 15, 1998asteroid named after the Chinese mathematician Chern Shiing-shen 31065 Beishizhang1996 TZ13October 10, 1996asteroid 1368491998 CS1February 9, 1998potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) Zhu-BalamC/1997 L1June 3, 1997comet named after SCAP head Jin Zhu and co-discoverer Dave Balam (Univ. of Victoria)

List of discovered minor planets

7072 Beijingdaxue 3 February 1996 7145 Linzexu 7 June 1996 19 July 1995 7494 Xiwanggongcheng 28 October 1995 7497 Guangcaishiye 17 December 1995 7681 Chenjingrun 24 December 1996 7683 Wuwenjun 19 February 1997 14 January 1996 1 February 1996 7800 Zhongkeyuan 11 March 1996 8050 Beishida 18 September 1996 8117 Yuanlongping 18 September 1996 26 November 1996 12 October 1997 8 November 1996 22 December 1996 8311 Zhangdaning 3 October 1996 8313 Christiansen 19 December 1996 8315 Bajin 25 November 1997 8412 Zhaozhongxian 7 October 1996 8423 Macao 11 January 1997 8425 Zirankexuejijin 14 February 1997 16 September 1997 23 December 1997 28 September 1995 11 January 1997 1 February 1996 8917 Tianjindaxue 9 March 1996 20 July 1996 8919 Ouyangziyuan 9 October 1996 23 December 1996 6 February 1997 13 February 1997 15 March 1997 19 March 1997 9092 Nanyang 4 November 1995 22 February 1998 9221 Wuliangyong 2 December 1995 29 March 1997 9442 Beiligong 2 April 1997 9668 Tianyahaijiao 3 June 1997 25 March 1996 1 July 1997 10 July 1997 20 July 1996 10388 Zhuguangya 25 December 1996 17 September 1997 17 September 1997 10410 Yangguanghua 4 December 1997 15 December 1997 14 January 1999 10 September 1996 21 September 1996 29 October 1996 10611 Yanjici 23 January 1997 1 February 1998 21 September 1996 19 September 1997 25 November 1997 10911 Ziqiangbuxi 19 December 1997 29 December 1997 10929 Chenfangyun 1 February 1998 10930 Jinyong 6 February 1998 16 April 1999 11139 Qingdaoligong 22 December 1996 28 January 1997 17 February 1998 11351 Leucus 12 October 1997 15 December 1997 7 November 1996 11637 Yangjiachi 24 December 1996 8 January 1997 7 February 1997 25 September 1995 10 December 1996 11 January 1997 22 March 1997 2 April 1997 25 May 1998 12418 Tongling 23 October 1995 14 December 1995 18 December 1996 9 March 1997 28 March 1997 31 August 1998 20 September 1998 11 November 1995 10 September 1996 5 January 1997 29 March 1997 12935 Zhengzhemin 2 October 1999 2 February 1997 3 May 1997 4 September 1998 14 September 1998 20 January 1997 15 March 1997 8 August 1997 28 July 1998 25 September 1998 25 September 1998 25 September 1998 17 October 1998 17 October 1998 15 November 1999 4 November 1995 14 January 1996 17 May 1996 20 July 1996 8 May 1997 19 September 1997 27 August 1998 14147 Wenlingshuguang 23 September 1998 6 April 1996 12 September 1997 13 September 1997 3 October 1997 5 October 1997 24 October 1997 14558 Wangganchang 19 November 1997 27 December 1997 18 October 1998 17 December 1998 21 December 1998 14656 Lijiang 29 December 1998 15 November 1995 1 February 1996 15001 Fuzhou 21 November 1997 1 December 1998 10 January 1999 20 November 1996 31 May 1997 9 October 1997 12 October 1997 6 November 1997 18 December 1997 21 February 1998 26 September 1998 22 October 1998 30 October 1998 9 November 1998 1 December 1998 24 November 1996 15882 Dingzhong 7 February 1997 3 September 1997 12 September 1997 13 October 1997 4 February 1998 15 February 1998 22 April 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Aoyunzhiyuanzhe 5 March 1998 7 March 1998 17 April 1998 8 May 1999 19258 Gongyi 24 March 1995 14 October 1995 19282 Zhangcunhao 14 January 1996 19298 Zhongkeda 20 September 1996 19300 Xinglong 18 September 1996 21 September 1996 18 December 1996 19 December 1996 19 December 1996 5 January 1997 2 January 1997 6 February 1997 19366 Sudingqiang 6 November 1997 13 February 1998 19 July 1995 21 January 1996 8 April 1996 20 September 1996 18 September 1996 5 October 1996 12 December 1996 22 December 1996 13 February 1997 30 March 1997 9 April 1997 5 January 1998 2 March 1998 2 March 1998 1 March 1998 19 March 1998 18 September 1996 19 September 1996 5 October 1996 21313 Xiuyanyu 10 December 1996 10 December 1996 8 December 1996 8 December 1996 2 January 1997 2 January 1997 18 January 1997 4 February 1997 3 March 1997 3 March 1997 19 March 1997 21 March 1997 3 May 1997 6 February 1998 2 March 1998 2 March 1998 1 March 1998 14 October 1999 18 October 1999 18 October 1999 22 October 1999 7 November 1999 28 November 1995 10 December 1996 4 January 1997 2 February 1997 6 February 1997 8 March 1997 29 March 1997 5 August 1997 16 September 1997 22 August 1998 13 October 1998 17 October 1998 28 September 1995 29 October 1996 4 January 1997 6 February 1997 6 February 1997 23686 Songyuan 8 May 1997 9 May 1997 23692 Nandatianwenners 20 May 1997 4 July 1997 23701 Liqibin 3 August 1997 23 September 1997 5 October 1997 22 August 1998 25 September 1998 5 February 1999 14 November 1999 24414 Anzhenhosp 13 January 2000 4 April 1995 25 September 1995 14 October 1995 13 November 1996 11 January 1997 11 January 1997 7 February 1997 2 March 1997 15 March 1997 18 March 1997 26 September 1997 24956 Qiannan 26 September 1997 8 October 1997 27 October 1997 13 August 1998 22 August 1998 30 August 1998 17 September 1998 20 September 1998 23 September 1998 23 September 1998 25146 Xiada 24 September 1998 25240 Qiansanqiang 16 October 1998 29 October 1998 22 December 1998 9 January 1999 11 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November 1996 2 November 1996 24 December 1996 35313 Hangtianyuan 2 January 1997 14 January 1997 25 January 1997 26 September 1997 7 October 1997 11 October 1997 7 October 1997 35366 Kaifeng 18 October 1997 28 October 1997 20 December 1997 17 December 1997 29 December 1997 3 January 1998 3 January 1998 4 January 1998 5 January 1998 20 January 1998 26 February 1998 22 February 1998 2 March 1998 2 March 1998 2 March 1998 20 March 1998 24 May 1998 22 August 1998 5 November 1999 4 April 1995 11 February 1996 20 September 1996 18 September 1996 10 October 1996 5 October 1996