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Catalina Sky Survey

A NASA-funded near-Earth-object survey based at the University of Arizona, using telescopes on Mount Lemmon and Mount Bigelow. It is a prolific discoverer of comets and near-Earth asteroids, including the hyperbolic long-period comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini).

Type
Sky survey
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
2

Experience system V6

Sky survey scientific profile

A graph-grounded scientific layout that adapts to available evidence, imagery, relations, and source coverage.

Evidence graphScientific mapOriginal SVGSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    The page falls back to graph and source evidence when no cleared image is available.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Surveyed C/2007 W1 (Boattini).

  4. 04

    Connect

    2 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Sky survey
Graph relations
2
Verified sources
2
Image records
0
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Catalina Sky Surveycoordinate fields shown only when available
  • Surveyed

    C/2007 W1 (Boattini)

  • Associated with

    NEO Discovery

Original SVG diagram

Scientific schematic

Optical pathCollected lightFocal plane / instrumentSky survey
Object class
Sky survey
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Graph relations
2
Sources
2
C/2007 W1 (Boatti...NEO DiscoveryCatalina Sky SurveySky survey

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Relationships, not isolated facts

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Curated next objects

hyperbolic comet

C/2007 W1 (Boattini)

A long-period comet discovered by Andrea Boattini through the Mount Lemmon Survey, on a near-parabolic orbit with an eccentricity extremely close to 1. Like the other long-period comets here it is a distant Solar-System visitor, not an interstellar object: its original orbit is bound and it is not being ejected from the Solar System — the tiny excess over a parabola is an epoch-dependent, perturbed value.

defense stage

NEO Discovery

Dedicated survey telescopes scan the sky night after night for moving points of light — the near-Earth asteroids and comets. Catalina, Pan-STARRS, and ATLAS lead the search from the ground, and the Rubin Observatory will transform it.

sky survey

ATLAS

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a NASA-funded network of small survey telescopes, operated by the University of Hawaiʻi, that scans the whole visible sky nightly for moving objects and impact hazards. Its Chilean telescope discovered the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, in 2025.

sky survey

Legacy Survey of Space and Time

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time, conducted by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, will image the entire southern sky every few nights for a decade.

sky survey

Pan-STARRS

Pan-STARRS in Hawaii repeatedly images the sky to discover asteroids, comets, and transient events, including the first interstellar object, ʻOumuamua.

comet class

Long-Period Comets

Comets on enormous orbits reaching deep into the outer Solar System, arriving from the Oort cloud after millions of years — the source of most great comets.

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
sky_survey:catalina-sky-survey
Type
Sky survey
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
2
Graph version
1.0.0

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/sky_survey:catalina-sky-survey

Scientific quality

Substantial
Unreviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

2 of 4 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Complete
Relationship coverage
Partial
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
Not applicable
Image coverage
Not applicable
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

    Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.