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The Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) Program: A Completely Automated System for Telescope Control, Wide-Field Imaging, and Object DetectionThe Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) system operates autonomously at the Maui Space Surveillance Site on the summit of the extinct Haleakala Volcano Crater, Hawaii. The program began in December 1995 and continues with an observing run every month.
Document ID
20060034844
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Pravdo, S. H.
Rabinowitz, D. L.
Helin, E. F.
Lawrence, K. J.
Bambery, R. J.
Clark, C. C.
Groom, S. L.
Levin, S.
Lorre, J.
Shaklan, S. B.
Kervin, P.
Africano, J. A.
Sydney, P.
Soohoo, V.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Subject Category
Astronomy
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
processing asteroids comets minor planets Maui Space Surveillance site
astrometric observations NEOs detectors
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking NEAT wide-field imaging object detection image

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