Minor planet

Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

s discovered: 21

3913 Chemin 3913 Chemin 3913 Chemin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 2, 1986 at Caussols.- External links :*...	December 2, 1986
4602 Heudier 4602 Heudier 4602 Heudier is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1986 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	October 28, 1986
4603 Bertaud 4603 Bertaud 4603 Bertaud is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 25, 1986 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :...	November 25, 1986
4892 Chrispollas 4892 Chrispollas 4892 Chrispollas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 11, 1985 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	October 11, 1985
5576 Albanese 5576 Albanese 5576 Albanese is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1986 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	October 26, 1986
5671 Chanal 5671 Chanal 5671 Chanal is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 13, 1985 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	December 13, 1985
5769 Michard 5769 Michard 5769 Michard is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1987 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	August 6, 1987
6375 Fredharris 6375 Fredharris 6375 Fredharris is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 1, 1986 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	October 1, 1986
6587 Brassens 6587 Brassens - External links :*...	November 27, 1984
6820 Buil 6820 Buil 6820 Buil is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 13, 1985 by CERGA at Caussols.- External links :*...	December 13, 1985
7928 Bijaoui 7928 Bijaoui -References:...	November 27, 1986
8080 Intel 8080 Intel 8080 Intel is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by CERGA on November 17, 1987 in Caussols. It was named after the influential Intel 8080 microprocessor.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]...	November 17, 1987
8636 Malvina 8636 Malvina - External links :*...	October 17, 1985
9553 Colas 9553 Colas - External links :*...	October 17, 1985
13499 Steinberg 13499 Steinberg - External links :*...	October 1, 1986
13500 Viscardy 13500 Viscardy 13500 Viscardy is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1689.2818492 days . The asteroid was discovered on August 6, 1987....	August 6, 1987
13739 Nancyworden 13739 Nancyworden 13739 Nancyworden is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1998 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols.- External links :*...	September 16, 1998
	November 4, 1986
	November 27, 1984
	November 27, 1986
	August 14, 1985
100122 Alpes Maritimes 100122 Alpes Maritimes 100122 Alpes Maritimes is an asteroid. It was discovered by Eric Walter Elst on August 15, 1993. Its provisional designation was 1993 PE7. It was named after Alpes-Maritimes.-External links:*...	August 15, 1993

The Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (CERGA) was a scientific department of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA). It included 28 researchers and as many engineers and technicians located on the Observatory sites of Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

, Grasse

Grasse

-See also:*Route Napoléon*Ancient Diocese of Grasse*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department-External links:*...

 and Calern (Caussols). The scientific activities covered fields as diverse as fundamental astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

, celestial mechanics

Celestial mechanics

Celestial mechanics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically classical mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets to produce ephemeris data. Orbital mechanics is a subfield which focuses on...

 and space geodesy

Geodesy

Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...

. CERGA was in charge of several observing facilities like the lunar-laser

Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...

 ranging telescope

Telescope

A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...

 and the two satellite laser stations.

By nature the scientific activity involved the acquisition of data and their processing, a dedicated instrumental development and a close relationship with the more theoretical aspects in dynamics and observation modelling.

CERGA was dissolved in 2004 when the OCA re-organized.