Catalina Sky Survey

Catalina Sky Survey
Alternative namesCSS
Coordinates32°25′01″N 110°43′59″W / 32.417°N 110.733°W / 32.417; -110.733 Edit this at Wikidata
Observatory code703
Websitecatalina.lpl.arizona.edu
Minor planets discovered: 25602 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Catalina Sky Survey (CSS; obs. code: 703) is an astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids. It is conducted at the Steward Observatory's Catalina Station, located near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.

CSS focuses on the search for near-Earth objects, in particular on any potentially hazardous asteroid that may pose a threat of impact. Its counterpart in the southern hemisphere was the Siding Spring Survey (SSS), closed in 2013 due to loss of funding. CSS supersedes the photographic Bigelow Sky Survey.

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