Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) was a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects. NEAT was conducted from December 1995 until April 2007, at GEODSS on Hawaii (Haleakala-NEAT; 566), as well as at Palomar Observatory in California (Palomar-NEAT; 644). With the discovery of more than 40,000 minor planets, NEAT has been one of the most successful programs in this field, comparable to the Catalina Sky Survey, LONEOS and Mount Lemmon Survey.

An asteroid was named in its honour, 64070 NEAT, in early 2005.

Discoveries

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|+ Minor planets discovered: 40,975 This raised the possibility it was an extinct comet or an unusual asteroid.

See also

  • Minor Planet Center (MPC)
  • Planetary Data System (PDS)
  • Spaceguard
  • List of near-Earth object observation projects

References

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  • Near Earth Asteroid Tracking