Spacewatch

Summary

Spacewatch is an astronomical survey^[1]. Spacewatch draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_survey category, ranking #18 of 60).^[2]

Key Facts

• Spacewatch's field of work was minor planet^[3].
• Spacewatch's field of work was comet^[4].
• Spacewatch's field of work was asteroid^[5].
• Spacewatch is located in Pima County^[6].
• Spacewatch is in the country of United States^[7].
• Spacewatch's instance of is recorded as astronomical survey^[8].
• Spacewatch's part of is recorded as University of Arizona^[9].
• Spacewatch's has part is recorded as LPL/Spacewatch II^[10].
• +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spacewatch^[11].
• Spacewatch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.962189, 'lon': -111.60034}^[12].
• Spacewatch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wqvb^[13].
• Spacewatch's Minor Planet Center observatory code is recorded as 691^[14].
• Spacewatch's official website is recorded as https://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu^[15].
• Spacewatch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Discoveries by the Spacewatch project^[16].

Body

Geography

Spacewatch is in the country of United States^[7]. Spacewatch is located in Pima County^[6]. Spacewatch's part of is recorded as University of Arizona^[9].

Designation and Status

Spacewatch's instance of is recorded as astronomical survey^[8].

History and Context

+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spacewatch^[11].

Why It Matters

Spacewatch draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_survey category, ranking #18 of 60).^[2] Spacewatch has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] Spacewatch is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Spacewatch is credited with the discovery of 20000 Varuna^[19], a cubewano^[20]; 10199 Chariklo^[21], an asteroid^[22]; 1998 KY26^[23], an asteroid^[24]; 7066 Nessus^[25], a centaur^[26]; 5145 Pholus^[27], an asteroid^[28]; and (35396) 1997 XF11^[29], a potentially hazardous asteroid^[30].

FAQs

What did Spacewatch discover?

Spacewatch is credited as discoverer of 20000 Varuna^[19], 10199 Chariklo^[21], 1998 KY26^[23], and 7066 Nessus^[25].