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...

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39335 Caccin 39335 Caccin 39335 Caccin is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.3273245 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1651176 and an orbital period of 1699 days .Caccin has an average orbital speed of 17.83926322 km/s and an inclination of 0.79759 °....	January 10, 2002
39336 Mariacapria 39336 Mariacapria - External links :*...	January 11, 2002
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64975 Gianrix 64975 Gianrix - External links :*...	January 10, 2002
65001 Teodorescu 65001 Teodorescu 65001 Teodorescu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 2002 by F. Bernardi and A. Boattini at Campo Imperatore....	January 9, 2002
65357 Antoniucci 65357 Antoniucci - External links :...	July 12, 2002
73442 Feruglio 73442 Feruglio - External links :*...	July 10, 2002
73465 Buonanno 73465 Buonanno - External links :*...	July 10, 2002
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78125 Salimbeni 78125 Salimbeni - External links :*...	July 11, 2002
78249 Capaccioni 78249 Capaccioni 78249 Capaccioni is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.9390593 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.033594 and an orbital period of 1937.1869291 days .Calandra has an inclination of 8.87219°.The asteroid was discovered on September 7, 1962....	August 4, 2002
78252 Priscio 78252 Priscio 78252 Priscio is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 5, 2002 by Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey.- External links :*...	August 5, 2002
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78652 Quero 78652 Quero 78652 Quero is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey at the Rome Observatory in Italy's Campo Imperatore on October 3, 2002. It is named after the town of Quero, Italy.-External links:...	October 3, 2002
78661 Castelfranco 78661 Castelfranco 78661 Castelfranco is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey at the Rome Observatory in Italy's Campo Imperatore on October 2, 2002. It is named after the town of Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.-External links:...	October 2, 2002
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84012 Deluise 84012 Deluise - External links :*...	August 2, 2002
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114828 Ricoromita 114828 Ricoromita 114828 Ricoromita is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey at the Rome Observatory on the Italian plateau of Campo Imperatore on July 30, 2003. It is named after Enrico Romita, an Italian software developer.-External links:...	July 30, 2003
114829 Chierchia 114829 Chierchia 114829 Chierchia is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey at the Rome Observatory on the Italian plateau of Campo Imperatore on July 23, 2003. It is named after Luigi Chierchia, a professor of mathematical analysis at Roma Tre...	July 23, 2003
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133296 Federicotosi 133296 Federicotosi 133296 Federicotosi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 2003 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.- External links :*...	September 19, 2003
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The CINEOS program (Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey), started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of Near Earth objects, namely 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 and 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 which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit

Orbit

In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...

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In particular CINEOS is addressed to the discovery of Atens and Inner Earth Objects

Apohele asteroid

Apohele asteroids, or alternatively Interior-Earth Objects or Atira asteroids, are a subclass of Aten asteroids. They have not only their perihelion within Earth's orbit, but also their aphelion; that is, their entire orbit is within Earth's .The first suspected Apophele was , the first confirmed...

 (IEOs) by extending survey coverage at small solar elongations, and to the discovery of the other kind of NEOs by observing with longer exposures (up to a limiting magnitude of 21) in the opposition region.

Between August 2001 and November 2004 CINEOS measured more than 61000 asteroid positions and discovered almost 1500 new objects, including 6 NEOs and one Centaur (planetoid)

Centaur (planetoid)

Centaurs are an unstable orbital class of minor planets that behave with characteristics of both asteroids and comets. They are named after the mythological race of beings, centaurs, which were a mixture of horse and human...

. In June–September 2003 CINEOS was ranked fifth in the world for the number of discoveries (sixth place in the period June–August 2004) and has been the first Italian professional program to discover a NEO and an asteroid beyond the orbit of Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...

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The survey is carried out at the Campo Imperatore

Campo Imperatore

Campo Imperatore is a mountain grassland or alpine meadow formed by a high basin shaped plateau located in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy in the Gran Sasso massif. It is the largest plateau of the Apennine ridge...

 station of the Rome Observatory

Rome Observatory

The Rome Observatory is one of twelve Astronomical Observatories in Italy. It consists of three sites: Monte Porzio Catone, Campo Imperatore and Monte Mario...

 near the summit of the Gran Sasso

Gran Sasso

Gran Sasso d'Italia is a mountain located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. The Gran Sasso forms the centerpiece of the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park which was established in 1993 and holds the highest mountains in continental Italy south of the Alps and is part of the...

 Mountain, at about 2,150 meters of elevation. The station is located about 130 km north-east of Rome. Longitude and latitude are respectively 13.5581 deg East and 42.4442 North.

The Observatory

Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...

 of Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 has been also involved in this project. Operated at the Schmidt telescope (60-90–183 cm) available at the station, the program uses between 10 and 14 nights per month, usually around the first and last quarter of the moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

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The science of CINEOS consists of two main observing activities:

1) To search for Near-Earth Objects, concentrating activities at small solar elongations. The objective is to optimize a ground-based system towards the discoveries of:

• Aten asteroids
• Inner-Earth objects (IEOs)

Although the NEO discovery rate grew significantly from 2001 to 2005, knowledge of bodies with small semimajor axis remains largely incomplete (Atens) or totally incomplete (Inner-Earth Objects). Most search programs concentrate their efforts near the opposition region where it is difficult if not impossible to find these objects.

Aten asteroids are also very important because numerical simulations have shown that they have the highest frequency of close encounters with the Earth. Sometimes Atens can evolve into orbits completely inside that of the Earth and viceversa. Thus, there are bodies that can come very close to the Earth, but are very difficult to observe from the ground.

2) The second goal of CINEOS is to provide rapid astrometric data for:

• Follow-up of NEOs in urgent need of observations.
• Recovery of NEOs at future apparitions.
• Follow-up of small bodies belonging to other unusual orbital classes.

The survey activity is carried out mostly at the beginning and near the end of the night, while part of the middle of night time is usually available for the follow-up work. As a targeted follow-up system, CINEOS takes advantage of the combination of the relatively faint limiting magnitude and large field of view (probably the largest in the world for this activity). Follow-up can be provided up to magnitude 21, occasionally to 22 on the best nights.

Coordination of the follow-up work will be accomplished within the Spaceguard Central Node facilities. An essential side of the work is to choose targets that cannot be done elsewhere very easily during the epoch of the observing run.

External links

• CINEOS home page