Groundbased observational campaigns of NEAs

Mirel Birlan (1) , François Colas (1) , Marcel Popescu (1, 2) , Alin Nedelcu (1, 2)

1 IMCCE - Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides
2 Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy

NEAs observation are important and circumscribe several scientific objectives such are: i) discovery of new objects; ii) confirmation of NEAs newly discovered; iii) secure large uncertainties orbits of NEAs; iv) shape determination from lightcurve analysis; v) scientific interest of specific objects potentially targets of "in-situ" investigations.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Mirel Birlan, François Colas, Marcel Popescu, Alin Nedelcu. Groundbased observational campaigns of NEAs. GAIA-FUN-SSO 2012: Second "Gaia Follow-up Network for Solar System Objects", Workshop held at IMCCE / Paris Observatory, 2012, September 19 - 21, Sep 2012, Paris, France. pp. 103-106. ⟨hal-00836613⟩