The Spaceguard Foundation
- The Spaceguard Foundation
Infobox Company
company_name = The Spaceguard Foundation
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company_type = not-for-profit organization
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foundation = March 26, 1996[cite web |url=http://spaceguard.esa.int/SGF/history.html |title=Brief history of the Spaceguard Foundation |accessdate=2007-02-03 |publisher=The Spaceguard Foundation] ]
founder = E. Shoemaker, D. Steel, A. Carusi and the Working Group on Near-Earth Objects (WGNEO) of the International Astronomical Union
location_city = Frascati
location_country = Italy
origins =
key_people =
revenue = non-profit
industry = astronomy
products = Spaceguard System
company_slogan = " _la. Nec cum fiducia inveniendi. Nec sine spe."
homepage = [http://spaceguard.esa.int/ spaceguard.esa.int] , mirrored at [http://spaceguard.iasf-roma.inaf.it/ spaceguard.iasf-roma.inaf.it]
footnotes =
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-party, non-political and non-profit,[ [http://spaceguard.esa.int/SGF/english_bylaws.html English translation of the By-laws of The Spaceguard Foundation] ] 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. [ [http://www.ips.gov.au/IPSHosted/neo/links/list.htm Planetary Defense ] ] As of 2007, Italian astronomer Andrea Carusi heads the foundation.
History
The Spaceguard System
The Spaceguard System is a collection of observatories engaging in near-Earth objects (NEO) observations.[ [http://spaceguard.esa.int/SSystem/SSystem.html The Spaceguard System] ] 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 follow-ups. The individual observatories in the system participate in these services on a volunteer basis. As of 2007, all the observatories in the system are ground-based.]
Related organizations
* Spaceguard Croatia (Croatia)
* Spaceguard Foundation e.V. (Germany)
* Japan Spaceguard Association (Japan)
* Spaceguard UK (United Kingdom)
References
External links
* [http://spaceguard.esa.int/ The Spaceguard Central Node]
**Mirror site: [http://spaceguard.iasf-roma.inaf.it/ The Spaceguard Central Node]
* [http://spaceguard.esa.int/SSystem/SSystem.html The Spaceguard System]
* [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/NEO/SEMS58OVGJE_0.html ESA's page on the Spaceguard Central Node]
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