Siding Spring Survey
near-Earth object search program
Facts
10 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- astronomical survey
- Inception
- 1998[6]
- Official website
- rsaa.anu.edu.au[7]
Location
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ -31.300°, 149.100°
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- New South Wales, Coonabarabran[2][3]
More facts +3
- Short name
- SSS, SSS[9]
- Date of official opening
- 1998[8]
- Named after
- Siding Spring Observatory[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Siding Spring Survey
ja サイディング・スプリングサーベイ
ru Siding Spring Survey
ru Обзор Сайдинг-Спринг
uk Огляд Сайдинг-Спрінг
zh 賽丁泉天文台巡天系統
zh 赛丁泉巡天项目
zh-hant 賽丁泉巡天專案
🔖 Identifiers · 4
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Anglo-Australian Telescope dome.JPG ↗
- Freebase ID
- /m/09ynmq
- Minor Planet Center observatory code
- E12
- Wolfram Language entity code
- Entity["AstronomicalObservatory", "SidingSpringSurvey"]
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Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
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Summary
Siding Spring Survey is an astronomical survey[1].
Why It Matters
It is credited with the discovery of (242450) 2004 QY2[12], a potentially hazardous asteroid[13]; (308242) 2005 GO21[14], a potentially hazardous asteroid[15]; 2009 DD45[16], an asteroid[17]; (277475) 2005 WK4[18], a potentially hazardous asteroid[19]; 2005 LW3[20], a potentially hazardous asteroid[21]; and (144908) 2004 YH32[22], an asteroid[23].
FAQs
What did Siding Spring Survey discover?
Siding Spring Survey is credited as discoverer of (242450) 2004 QY2[12], (308242) 2005 GO21[14], 2009 DD45[16], and (277475) 2005 WK4[18].