Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
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| 43511 Cima Ekar 43511 Cima Ekar 43511 Cima Ekar is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 11, 2001 by the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Asiago Observatory, Cima Ekar.- External links :*... |
February 11, 2001 |
| January 5, 2002 | |
| January 4, 2002 | |
| February 26, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| January 2, 2002 | |
| December 19, 2001 | |
| (65091) 2002 CF | February 1, 2002 |
| January 9, 2002 | |
| February 26, 2001 | |
| February 1, 2001 | |
| February 26, 2001 | |
| March 23, 2001 | |
| March 23, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| December 7, 2001 | |
| February 2, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| December 17, 2001 | |
| December 19, 2001 | |
| December 20, 2001 | |
| January 9, 2002 | |
| January 8, 2002 | |
| January 2, 2002 | |
| March 10, 2002 | |
| March 6, 2003 | |
| December 21, 2001 | |
| January 4, 2002 | |
| January 4, 2002 | |
| January 8, 2002 | |
| (95209) 2002 CW | February 2, 2002 |
| March 10, 2002 | |
| March 10, 2002 | |
| January 15, 2001 | |
| February 2, 2002 | |
| February 1, 2001 | |
| February 2, 2001 | |
| March 22, 2001 | |
| March 22, 2001 | |
| January 5, 2002 | |
| January 5, 2002 | |
| January 5, 2002 | |
| February 18, 2002 | |
| February 11, 2001 | |
| February 27, 2001 | |
| October 14, 2001 | |
| (126424) 2002 CR | February 2, 2002 |
| March 7, 2002 | |
| March 7, 2002 | |
| March 10, 2002 | |
| March 7, 2002 | |
| March 11, 2002 |
The Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS) is a project to search for comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
s and asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
s, with special emphasis on near-Earth object
Near-Earth object
A near-Earth object is a Solar System object whose orbit brings it into close proximity with the Earth. All NEOs have a perihelion distance less than 1.3 AU. They include a few thousand near-Earth asteroids , near-Earth comets, a number of solar-orbiting spacecraft, and meteoroids large enough to...
s.
It is a joint venture between the Department of Astronomy of the University of Padua
University of Padua
The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
(using the Schmidt telescope at Asiago-CimaEkar) and the DLR - Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration at Berlin-Adlershof, Germany. DLR stands for Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the German Aerospace Center. Co-located with the Stazione osservativa di Asiago Cima Ekar, (Cima Ekar Observing Station), ADAS has IAU
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
code 209.
Principal investigators are Cesare Barbieri (at Padua/Asiago) and Gerhard Hahn (at DLR Berlin-Adlershof).
The project works in collaboration with UDAS, the Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey.