History of the Spacewatch Program

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:21.

Contemporary (Post-WWII)
Government
Physical Sciences
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http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/spacewatch/history.html

Author:

Mike Read

Excerpt:

Milestones
1980: First proposals to survey the solar system using the name "Spacewatch".
1982: 0.9-m Newtonian telescope of Steward Observatory made available.
1983: 320x512 pixel RCA CCD in operation.
1984: First production-mode astronomical use of TDI drift scanning. Began astrometry of asteroids and comets