Mount Lemmon Survey
| Alternative names | MLS |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°26′31″N 110°47′20″W / 32.442°N 110.789°W |
| Observatory code | G96 |
| Website | www |
| see List of minor planets § Main index |
Mount Lemmon Survey (MLS) is a part of the Catalina Sky Survey with observatory code G96.[2] MLS uses a 1.52 m (60 in) cassegrain reflector telescope (with 10560x10560-pixel camera at the f/1.6 prime focus, for a five square degree field of view)[3] operated by the Steward Observatory at Mount Lemmon Observatory, which is located at 2,791 meters (9,157 ft) in the Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson, Arizona.
It is currently one of the most prolific surveys worldwide, especially for discovering
near-Earth objects. MLS ranks among the top discoverers on the Minor Planet Center's discovery chart with a total of more than 50,000 numbered minor planets.[1][4]
History
photographic means, by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who did so on the night of 13 October 1892.[5]
On 12 January 2008, Mount Lemmon Survey discovered the near-Earth asteroid
Mars trojan asteroid.[9]
[10] The survey also discovered the unusual Aten asteroid 2012 FC71, a dynamically cold Kozai resonator, on 31 March 2012.[11]
See also
- List of astronomical observatories
- List of minor planet discoverers § Discovering dedicated institutions
- Mount Lemmon
- 2017 XX61
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "List Of Observatory Codes". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "CSS Telescopes". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Catalina Sky Survey Facilities – The Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS)". University of Arizona. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ a b 206P at Garry Kronk’s Cometography Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IAUC 8995
- ^ The COCD Homepage
- IAU Minor Planet Center. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2013. (K08AB2O)
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