Catalina Sky Survey

Catalina Sky Survey is a project to discover comets and asteroids, and to search for Near-Earth objects. More specifically, to search for potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), that may pose a threat of impact.

Read more about Catalina Sky Survey:  Mission, Techniques, Results, CSS/SSS Team, Educational Outreach

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