Wise Observatory - Research Highlights

Research Highlights

Numbered Asteroids discovered : 25
(9804) 1997 NU July 1, 1997
(148094) 1999 GP6 April 15, 1999
(36031) 1999 NG64 July 10, 1999
(137217) 1999 NH64 July 8, 1999 Named Racah
(249712) 2000 QU68
(139308) 2001 KH20 May 22, 2001
(193766) 2001 MW1
(239963) 2001 MX1
(128054) 2003 MR9 June 28, 2003 Named Eranyavneh
(143644) 2003 OE3 July 23, 2003
(323186) 2003 OE16
(172425) 2003 OJ18 Named Taliajacobi
(163762) 2003 OH20
(317702) 2003 QN3
(230635) 2003 QO3
(161315) 2003 QS5 Named de Shalit
(232498) 2003 QT5
(170813) 2004 DW71
(254166) 2004 QP5
(202002) 2004 QW7
(159871) 2004 QF17
(191671) 2004 QC20
(323506) 2004 QF28
(227033) 2005 AM26
(260585) 2005 EJ287

A project to monitor photometrically and spectroscopically Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) is still running, following about 30 years of data collection. Other major projects include searches for supernovae and extrasolar planets (transiting or lensing), and investigations of star formation processes in galaxies through wide and narrow-band filter imaging. Lately, some emphasis is put on studies of Near Earth Objects (NEOs), with the research focus being the rotational properties of NEOs and of other asteroids through the investigation of their light curves.

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