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.
Project Commissioned DecommissionedDescription Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey 1990 1996 Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey20012002 Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) 2015 Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program19962002Discovered more than 1000 minor planets Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey 2001 Catalina Sky Survey 1998About 1000 objects per year EURONEAR 2006 International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) 1998 Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search 1993 2008 Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite 2013 Microsatellite observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) 1995 2007NELIOTA20172023Monitoring project of lunar impact flashes for the determination of the distribution and frequency of small NEOs NEO Surveyor 2028Infrared observatory to be located at Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point NEOSTEL 2020 Planned ground-based fly-eye survey telescope NEODyS Database of near-Earth asteroid orbits NEOWISE 2009 2024 Infrared survey to identify and characterize the population of near-Earth objects Orbit@home 2008 2013? NEO-related distributed computing project OGS Telescope 1995 OCA–DLR Asteroid Survey 1996 1999 Palomar–Leiden survey 1960 1977 Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey 1973 1995 Palomar Transient Factory 2009 2012 Pan-STARRS 2008 Sentinel Space Telescope Proposed space telescope Sentry (monitoring system) Siding Spring Survey 2004 2013 Space Situational Awareness Programme 2009 Spacewatch 1984 Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network Vera C. Rubin Observatory 2024Ground-based survey telescope (under construction)
See also List of asteroid close approaches to Earth Asteroid impact prediction :Category:Asteroid surveys Space debris Astronomical survey Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys List of asteroid-discovering observatories
References
External links The Catalina Sky Survey: Exploration leads to discovery overview graph of asteroid discovery since 1800 List of asteroid surveys