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Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey

(CINEOS)
(survey of near-Earth objects)

Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey (CINEOS) was an astronomical survey for near-Earth asteroids, begun in 2001, carried out mostly using a Schmidt camera at what was the Campo Imperatore station of the Rome Observatory in Italy. The survey discovered over 1500 minor planets.

I do not see post-2005 discoveries listed (though discoveries were very frequent up to that time) and find no other evidence that the survey continued or still exists. The Campo Imperatore station is now associated with the Abruzzo Astronomical Observatory and I don't know the status of the Schmidt camera.


(survey,near-Earth objects,all sky,Italy,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_Imperatore_Near-Earth_Object_Survey
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ESASP.500..801B/abstract
https://cupdf.com/document/campo-imperatore-observatory.html
http://www.oa-abruzzo.inaf.it/campo-imperatore/?lang=en
https://www.oa-roma.inaf.it/oar/

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