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The Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program (SCAP) was an astronomical survey to search for near-Earth objects. It was conducted during the 1990s, at the Xinglong Station in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei province, China[2] and resulted in the discovery of more than a thousand numbered minor planets.[1]
Funded by the Chinese Academy of Science, the survey is sometimes also called BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program and NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, referring to the Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO) and National Astronomical Observatory of China (NAOC), respectively.[citation needed]
The instrument that SCAP used to detect near-Earth objects was a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope. Equipped with a 2048×2048 CCD camera, this telescope was installed[when?] at the BAO Xinglong station in Hebei province, China.[citation needed]
In a conversation with Space.com contributor Michael Paine, SCAP head Jin Zhu said that the program's allotted time to use the Schmidt telescope was significantly reduced[when?] to make room for the observatory's other projects.[citation needed]
Discoveries
From 1995 to 1999, SCAP detected one new comet and 2460 new asteroids and observed 43860 other asteroids, making it the fifth largest asteroid observation project at that time. Five of the asteroids it discovered were NEAs, two of which were considered potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs). In 2002, an NEA was discovered near Earth's moon.[citation needed]
Notable objects
| Name | Provisional designation | Discovery date | Remarks | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7072 Beijingdaxue | 1996 CB8 | February 3, 1996 | asteroid named after Peking University | MPC |
| 7800 Zhongkeyuan | 1996 EW2 | March 11, 1996 | asteroid named after the Chinese Academy of Sciences | MPC |
| 13651 | 1997 BR | January 20, 1997 | first potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) discovered by SCAP | MPC |
| 29552 Chern | 1998 CS2 | February 15, 1998 | asteroid named after the Chinese mathematician Chern Shiing-shen | MPC |
| 31065 Beishizhang | 1996 TZ13 | October 10, 1996 | asteroid | MPC |
| 136849 | 1998 CS1 | February 9, 1998 | potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) | MPC |
| Zhu-Balam | C/1997 L1 | June 3, 1997 | comet named after SCAP head Jin Zhu and co-discoverer Dave Balam (Univ. of Victoria) | MPC |
List of discovered minor planets
| 7072 Beijingdaxue | 3 February 1996 | list |
| 7145 Linzexu | 7 June 1996 | list |
| (7310) 1995 OL1 | 19 July 1995 | list |
| 7494 Xiwanggongcheng | 28 October 1995 | list |
| 7497 Guangcaishiye | 17 December 1995 | list |
| 7681 Chenjingrun | 24 December 1996 | list |
| 7683 Wuwenjun | 19 February 1997 | list |
| (7795) 1996 AN15 | 14 January 1996 | list |
| (7798) 1996 CL | 1 February 1996 | list |
| 7800 Zhongkeyuan | 11 March 1996 | list |
| 8050 Beishida | 18 September 1996 | list |
| 8117 Yuanlongping | 18 September 1996 | list |
| (8118) 1996 WG3 | 26 November 1996 | list |
| (8119) 1997 TP25 | 12 October 1997 | list |
| (8227) 1996 VD4 | 8 November 1996 | list |
| (8228) 1996 YB2 | 22 December 1996 | list |
| 8311 Zhangdaning | 3 October 1996 | list |
| 8313 Christiansen | 19 December 1996 | list |
| 8315 Bajin | 25 November 1997 | list |
| (8412) 1996 TM6 | 7 October 1996 | list |
| 8423 Macao | 11 January 1997 | list |
| 8425 Zirankexuejijin | 14 February 1997 | list |
| (8426) 1997 ST | 16 September 1997 | list |
| (8429) 1997 YK4 | 23 December 1997 | list |
| (8562) 1995 SK53 | 28 September 1995 | list |
| (8584) 1997 AN22 | 11 January 1997 | list |
| (8916) 1996 CC | 1 February 1996 | list |
| (8917) 1996 EU2 | 9 March 1996 | list |
| (8918) 1996 OR1 | 20 July 1996 | list |
| 8919 Ouyangziyuan | 9 October 1996 | list |
| (8928) 1996 YH2 | 23 December 1996 | list |
| (8948) 1997 CW27 | 6 February 1997 | list |
| (8949) 1997 CM28 | 13 February 1997 | list |
| (8950) 1997 EG46 | 15 March 1997 | list |
| (8951) 1997 FO | 19 March 1997 | list |
| 9092 Nanyang | 4 November 1995 | list |
| (9120) 1998 DR8 | 22 February 1998 | list |
| 9221 Wuliangyong | 2 December 1995 | list |
| (9440) 1997 FZ1 | 29 March 1997 | list |
| (9442) 1997 GQ27 | 2 April 1997 | list |
| 9668 Tianyahaijiao | 3 June 1997 | list |
| (9794) 1996 FO5 | 25 March 1996 | list |
| (9805) 1997 NZ | 1 July 1997 | list |
| (9806) 1997 NR6 | 10 July 1997 | list |
| (10192) 1996 OQ1 | 20 July 1996 | list |
| 10388 Zhuguangya | 25 December 1996 | list |
| (10396) 1997 SW33 | 17 September 1997 | list |
| (10397) 1997 SX33 | 17 September 1997 | list |
| (10410) 1997 XR9 | 4 December 1997 | list |
| (10411) 1997 XO11 | 15 December 1997 | list |
| (10422) 1999 AN22 | 14 January 1999 | list |
| (10594) 1996 RE4 | 10 September 1996 | list |
| (10595) 1996 SS6 | 21 September 1996 | list |
| (10603) 1996 UF4 | 29 October 1996 | list |
| 10611 Yanjici | 23 January 1997 | list |
| (10632) 1998 CV1 | 1 February 1998 | list |
| (10869) 1996 SJ4 | 21 September 1996 | list |
| (10893) 1997 SB10 | 19 September 1997 | list |
| (10902) 1997 WB22 | 25 November 1997 | list |
| (10911) 1997 YC1 | 19 December 1997 | list |
| (10915) 1997 YU16 | 29 December 1997 | list |
| 10929 Chenfangyun | 1 February 1998 | list |
| 10930 Jinyong | 6 February 1998 | list |
| (10946) 1999 HR2 | 16 April 1999 | list |
| (11139) 1996 YF2 | 22 December 1996 | list |
| (11143) 1997 BF7 | 28 January 1997 | list |
| (11164) 1998 DW2 | 17 February 1998 | list |
| 11351 Leucus | 12 October 1997 | list |
| (11355) 1997 XL11 | 15 December 1997 | list |
| (11630) 1996 VY38 | 7 November 1996 | list |
| 11637 Yangjiachi | 24 December 1996 | list |
| (11643) 1997 AM22 | 8 January 1997 | list |
| (11655) 1997 CC29 | 7 February 1997 | list |
| (11979) 1995 SS5 | 25 September 1995 | list |
| (12018) 1996 XJ15 | 10 December 1996 | list |
| (12029) 1997 AQ22 | 11 January 1997 | list |
| (12043) 1997 FN | 22 March 1997 | list |
| (12048) 1997 GW29 | 2 April 1997 | list |
| (12105) 1998 KA10 | 25 May 1998 | list |
| 12418 Tongling | 23 October 1995 | list |
| (12430) 1995 XB2 | 14 December 1995 | list |
| (12454) 1996 YO1 | 18 December 1996 | list |
| (12480) 1997 EW45 | 9 March 1997 | list |
| (12483) 1997 FW1 | 28 March 1997 | list |
| (12558) 1998 QV63 | 31 August 1998 | list |
| (12563) 1998 SA43 | 20 September 1998 | list |
| (12795) 1995 VA2 | 11 November 1995 | list |
| (12821) 1996 RG1 | 10 September 1996 | list |
| (12827) 1997 AS7 | 5 January 1997 | list |
| (12839) 1997 FB2 | 29 March 1997 | list |
| 12935 Zhengzhemin | 2 October 1999 | list |
| (13195) 1997 CG6 | 2 February 1997 | list |
| (13215) 1997 JT16 | 3 May 1997 | list |
| (13299) 1998 RU15 | 4 September 1998 | list |
| (13300) 1998 RF16 | 14 September 1998 | list |
| (13651) 1997 BR | 20 January 1997 | list |
| (13656) 1997 EX45 | 15 March 1997 | list |
| (13683) 1997 PV3 | 8 August 1997 | list |
| (13702) 1998 OE7 | 28 July 1998 | list |
| (13746) 1998 SR43 | 25 September 1998 | list |
| (13747) 1998 SS43 | 25 September 1998 | list |
| (13754) 1998 SB63 | 25 September 1998 | list |
| (13780) 1998 UZ8 | 17 October 1998 | list |
| (13790) 1998 UF31 | 17 October 1998 | list |
| (13823) 1999 VO72 | 15 November 1999 | list |
| (14045) 1995 VW1 | 4 November 1995 | list |
| (14058) 1996 AP15 | 14 January 1996 | list |
| (14073) 1996 KO1 | 17 May 1996 | list |
| (14076) 1996 OO1 | 20 July 1996 | list |
| (14089) 1997 JC14 | 8 May 1997 | list |
| (14101) 1997 SD1 | 19 September 1997 | list |
| (14125) 1998 QT62 | 27 August 1998 | list |
| 14147 Wenlingshuguang | 23 September 1998 | list |
| (14512) 1996 GL1 | 6 April 1996 | list |
| (14538) 1997 RR8 | 12 September 1997 | list |
| (14540) 1997 RJ10 | 13 September 1997 | list |
| (14546) 1997 TM18 | 3 October 1997 | list |
| (14548) 1997 TJ24 | 5 October 1997 | list |
| (14552) 1997 UX20 | 24 October 1997 | list |
| 14558 Wangganchang | 19 November 1997 | list |
| (14562) 1997 YQ19 | 27 December 1997 | list |
| (14625) 1998 UH31 | 18 October 1998 | list |
| (14652) 1998 YT8 | 17 December 1998 | list |
| (14655) 1998 YJ22 | 21 December 1998 | list |
| 14656 Lijiang | 29 December 1998 | list |