Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey

The Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey (UDAS), so known under the name of UAO - DLR Asteroid Survey , is a program dedicated in the search and the continuation of Astéroïde S and Comet S by stressing in particular the research of the objects géocroiseurs in co-operation with the total effort of research initiated by the WGNEO ( Working Group one Near-Earth Objects ) of the international astronomical Union. This program is a kind of continuation of the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey which was stopped fault of credit. It should not be confused with the Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey which him is interested in research of Trojan asteroids.

UDAS starts in 1999 after one period of tests in 1998, the discoveries are announced to the Minor Planet Center.

UAO : Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, astronomical Observatory of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

DLR: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

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