EURONEAR

EURONEAR, the European Near Earth Asteroids Research, is a research project and network for the research and discovery of near-Earth objects and potentially hazardous asteroids using existing telescopes located in both hemispheres available to the members of the network.^[2] The Minor Planet Center directly credits EURONEAR with the discovery of few hundred minor planets since 2008, including 11 near-Earth asteroids.^[1]

Institutions

Institutions which collaborate in this project are:^[3]

• fr:Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides (IMCCE), France (May 2006)
• European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile (Sep 2006)
• Universidad Católica del Norte Instituto de Astronomía, Chile (Mar 2007)
• Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), La Palma, Spain (Jan 2008)
• Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife, Spain (Apr 2009)

The dates represent the time at which the institutions joined the project.

List of named minor planets discovered with the ESO/MPG telescope in La Silla

List of near-Earth asteroids discovered with the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma

See also

• Catalina Sky Survey
• Pan-STARRS
• List of near-Earth object observation projects

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
2. "About EuroNear". EURONEAR. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
3. "Members". EURONEAR. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
4. Popescu, Marcel M.; Vaduvescu, Ovidiu; de León, Julia; de la Fuente Marcos, Carlos; de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl; Stanescu, M. O.; Alarcon, M. R.; Serra-Ricart, Miquel; Licandro, Javier; Bertesteanu, D.; Predatu, M.; Curelaru, L; Barwell, F.; Jhass, K.; Boldea, C.; Aznar Macías, A.; Hudin, L.; Dumitru, B. A. (24 June 2023). "Discovery and physical characterization as the first response to a potential asteroid collision: The case of 2023 DZ₂". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:1905.12997. Bibcode:2023arXiv230611347P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346751.

Publications

• Popescu, M.; Vaduvescu, O.; De León, J.; Gherase, R. M.; Licandro, J.; Boacă, I. L.; Şonka, A. B.; Ashley, R. P.; Močnik, T.; Morate, D.; Predatu, M.; De Prá, M.; Fariña, C.; Stoev, H.; Díaz Alfaro, M.; Ordonez-Etxeberria, I.; López-Martínez, F.; Errmann, R. (2019). "Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 627: A124. arXiv:1905.12997. Bibcode:2019A&A...627A.124P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935006. S2CID 170079055.
• Gorgan, Dorian; Vaduvescu, Ovidiu; Stefanut, Teodor; Bacu, Victor; Sabou, Adrian; Denisa Copandean Balazs; Nandra, Constantin; Boldea, Costin; Boldea, Afrodita; Predatu, Marian; Pinter, Viktoria; Stanica, Adrian (2019). "NEARBY Platform for Automatic Asteroids Detection and EURONEAR Surveys". arXiv:1903.03479 [astro-ph.IM].
• Vaduvescu, O.; MacIas, A. Aznar; Tudor, V.; Predatu, M.; Galád, A.; Gajdoš, Š.; Világi, J.; Stevance, H. F.; Errmann, R.; Unda-Sanzana, E.; Char, F.; Peixinho, N.; Popescu, M.; Sonka, A.; Cornea, R.; Suciu, O.; Toma, R.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Sota, A.; Licandro, J.; Serra-Ricart, M.; Morate, D.; Mocnik, T.; Diaz Alfaro, M.; Lopez-Martinez, F.; McCormac, J.; Humphries, N. (2017). "The EURONEAR Lightcurve Survey of Near Earth Asteroids". Earth, Moon, and Planets. 120 (2): 41. Bibcode:2017EM&P..120...41V. doi:10.1007/s11038-017-9506-9. hdl:10316/80202. S2CID 235516956.
• Vaduvescu, O.; et al. (2015). "First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from la Palma using the INT". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (2): 1614. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.449.1614V. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv266. hdl:10045/46262.
• Vaduvescu, O.; Birlan, M.; Tudorica, A.; Sonka, A.; Pozo, F. N.; Barr, A. D.; Asher, D. J.; Licandro, J.; Ortiz, J. L.; Unda-Sanzana, E.; Popescu, M.; Nedelcu, A.; Dumitru, D.; Toma, R.; Comsa, I.; Vancea, C.; Vidican, D.; Opriseanu, C.; Badescu, T.; Badea, M.; Constantinescu, M. (2011). "EURONEAR—Recovery, follow-up and discovery of NEAs and MBAs using large field 1-2 m telescopes". Planetary and Space Science. 59 (13): 1632. arXiv:1108.5780. Bibcode:2011P&SS...59.1632V. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.014. S2CID 119252263.
• Vaduvescu, O.; Curelaru, L.; Birlan, M.; Bocsa, G.; Serbanescu, L.; Tudorica, A.; Berthier, J. (2009). "EURONEAR: Data mining of asteroids and Near Earth Asteroids". Astronomische Nachrichten. 330 (7): 698. arXiv:0906.5030. Bibcode:2009AN....330..698V. doi:10.1002/asna.200811198. S2CID 15954634.
• Birlan, M.; Vaduvescu, O.; Tudorica, A.; Sonka, A.; Nedelcu, A.; Galad, A.; Colas, F.; Pozo n., F.; Barr d., A.; Toma, R.; Comsa, I.; Rocher, P.; Lainey, V.; Vidican, D.; Asher, D.; Opriseanu, C.; Vancea, C.; Colque, J. P.; Soto, C. P.; Rekola, R.; Unda-Sanzana, E. (2010). "More than 160 near Earth asteroids observed in the EURONEAR network". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 511: A40. Bibcode:2010A&A...511A..40B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912865.

External links

• The EURONEAR website
• EURONEAR Facebook page