A new asteroid observation and search technique
October 1, 1981
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Publ. Astronom. Soc. Pacific, Vol. 93, No. 555, October 1981, pp. 658-660.
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Summary
A prototype observatory was constructed near Socorro, New Mexico to search for and observe earth-approaching asteroids. Hardware modifications were made so that the discrimination of artificial satellites at an angular speed of 15 arcsec/sec can be used to observe minor planets at an angular speed of 0.01 arcsec/sec. Assuming no correlations between time of perigee passage and time of year, a recovery of 25 asteroids per year is expected.