The Spaceguard Foundation (SGF) is a private organization based in
Frascati,
Italy, whose purpose is to study, discover and observe
near-Earth objects (NEO) and protect the
Earth from the possible threat of their collision. The
foundation is non-partisan, non-political and non-profit,
[English translation of the By-laws of The Spaceguard Foundation](_blank)
and acts as the international organization grouping together the
spaceguard organizations in various countries, as well as individual
astronomers and organizations interested in the foundation's activities.
The foundation was established in
Rome in 1996. Since then, it has moved into the
ESA Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) at
Frascati.
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The Spaceguard System
The Spaceguard System is a collection of observatories engaging in near-Earth objects (NEO) observations.[The Spaceguard System](_blank)
The Spaceguard Central Node—the website of the foundation—manages the collection and provides the observatories with services which would optimize the international coordination of NEO followups. The individual observatories in the system participate in these services on a volunteer basis. , all the observatories in the system are ground-based.
Related organizations
* Spaceguard Croatia ( Croatia)
* Spaceguard Foundation e.V. ( Germany)
* Japan Spaceguard Association (Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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* Spaceguard UK ( United Kingdom)
See also
* B612 Foundation
* Chelyabinsk meteor
The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...
* Tunguska event
References
External links
The Spaceguard Central Node
** Mirror site
The Spaceguard Central Node
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Astronomical surveys
Scientific research foundations
Foundations based in Italy
Organizations established in 1996
Planetary defense organizations