Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program


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The Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program 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 and resulted in the discovery of more than a thousand numbered minor planets.
Funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the survey is sometimes also called BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program and NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, referring to the Beijing Astronomical Observatory and National [Astronomical Observatory of China], respectively.
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 at the BAO Xinglong station in Hebei province, China.
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 to make room for the observatory's other projects.

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. In 2002, an NEA was discovered near Earth's moon.

Notable objects

List of discovered minor planets

7072 Beijingdaxue3 February 1996
7145 Linzexu7 June 1996
19 July 1995
7494 Xiwanggongcheng28 October 1995
7497 Guangcaishiye17 December 1995
7681 Chenjingrun24 December 1996
7683 Wuwenjun19 February 1997
14 January 1996
1 February 1996
7800 Zhongkeyuan11 March 1996
8050 Beishida18 September 1996
8117 Yuanlongping18 September 1996
26 November 1996
12 October 1997
8 November 1996
22 December 1996
8311 Zhangdaning3 October 1996
8313 Christiansen19 December 1996
8315 Bajin25 November 1997
8412 Zhaozhongxian7 October 1996
8423 Macao11 January 1997
8425 Zirankexuejijin14 February 1997
16 September 1997
23 December 1997
28 September 1995

14 January 1999
10 September 1996
21 September 1996
29 October 1996
10611 Yanjici23 January 1997
1 February 1998
21 September 1996
19 September 1997
25 November 1997
10911 Ziqiangbuxi19 December 1997
29 December 1997
10929 Chenfangyun1 February 1998
10930 Jinyong6 February 1998
16 April 1999
11139 Qingdaoligong22 December 1996
28 January 1997
17 February 1998
11351 Leucus12 October 1997
15 December 1997
7 November 1996
11637 Yangjiachi24 December 1996
8 January 1997
7 February 1997
25 September 1995
10 December 1996

25 September 1998
25 September 1998
17 October 1998
17 October 1998
15 November 1999
4 November 1995
14 January 1996
17 May 1996
20 July 1996
8 May 1997
19 September 1997
27 August 1998
14147 Wenlingshuguang23 September 1998
6 April 1996
12 September 1997
13 September 1997
3 October 1997
5 October 1997
24 October 1997
14558 Wangganchang19 November 1997
27 December 1997
18 October 1998
17 December 1998
21 December 1998
14656 Lijiang29 December 1998

29 October 1999
19 May 1996
24 May 1996
16757 Luoxiahong18 September 1996
3 October 1996
3 October 1996
29 October 1996
22 December 1996
3 May 1997
26 September 1997
17 September 1997
28 October 1997
6 November 1997
6 November 1997
19 November 1997
20 December 1997
21 December 1997
20 December 1997
22 December 1997
20 February 1998
11 March 1998
29 September 1998
16982 Tsinghua10 January 1999
21 May 1999
14 November 1999

18550 Maoyisheng9 January 1997
4 December 1997
24 December 1997
18593 Wangzhongcheng5 January 1998
18639 Aoyunzhiyuanzhe5 March 1998
7 March 1998
17 April 1998
8 May 1999
19258 Gongyi24 March 1995
14 October 1995
19282 Zhangcunhao14 January 1996
19298 Zhongkeda20 September 1996
19300 Xinglong18 September 1996
21 September 1996
18 December 1996
19 December 1996
19 December 1996
5 January 1997
2 January 1997
6 February 1997
19366 Sudingqiang6 November 1997
13 February 1998
19 July 1995
21 January 1996
8 April 1996

3 March 1997
19 March 1997
21 March 1997
3 May 1997
6 February 1998
2 March 1998
2 March 1998
1 March 1998
14 October 1999
18 October 1999
18 October 1999
22 October 1999
7 November 1999
28 November 1995
10 December 1996
4 January 1997
2 February 1997
6 February 1997
8 March 1997
29 March 1997
5 August 1997
16 September 1997
22 August 1998
13 October 1998
17 October 1998

15 March 1997
18 March 1997
26 September 1997
24956 Qiannan26 September 1997
8 October 1997
27 October 1997
13 August 1998
22 August 1998
30 August 1998
17 September 1998
20 September 1998
23 September 1998
23 September 1998
25146 Xiada24 September 1998
25240 Qiansanqiang16 October 1998
29 October 1998
22 December 1998
9 January 1999
11 November 1999
11 April 1996
12 December 1996
26188 Zengqingcun22 December 1996
9 March 1997
31 May 1997
13 September 1997

11 August 1997
12 September 1997
27966 Changguang16 September 1997
12 October 1997
27 October 1997
20 October 1997
2 November 1997
19 November 1997
22 December 1997
23 December 1997
24 December 1997
4 January 1998
6 February 1998
22 February 1998
5 March 1998
23 September 1998
23 September 1998
14 October 1998
10 January 1999
28242 Mingantu6 January 1999
28468 Shichangxu12 January 2000
19 July 1995
6 August 1996
15 September 1996
15 September 1996

2 February 1996
10 February 1996
21 September 1996
3 October 1996
31065 Beishizhang10 October 1996
9 October 1996
24 November 1996
18 January 1997
6 February 1997
14 February 1997
5 August 1997
10 August 1997
28 August 1997
1 September 1997
12 September 1997
13 September 1997
16 September 1997
31129 Langyatai26 September 1997
26 September 1997
28 September 1997
30 September 1997
29 September 1997
3 October 1997
8 October 1997
23 October 1997

2 November 1996
27 November 1996
11 January 1997
6 February 1997
33000 Chenjiansheng11 February 1997
28 March 1997
13 April 1997
3 August 1997
11 August 1997
3 August 1997
12 September 1997
12 September 1997
26 September 1997
6 October 1997
20 October 1997
1 November 1997
21 November 1997
15 December 1997
13 December 1997
20 December 1997
22 December 1997
21 December 1997
13 February 1998
16 February 1998
21 February 1998

35366 Kaifeng18 October 1997
28 October 1997
20 December 1997
17 December 1997
29 December 1997
3 January 1998
3 January 1998
4 January 1998
5 January 1998
20 January 1998
26 February 1998
22 February 1998
2 March 1998
2 March 1998
2 March 1998
20 March 1998
24 May 1998
22 August 1998
5 November 1999
4 April 1995
11 February 1996
20 September 1996
18 September 1996
10 October 1996
5 October 1996

17 February 1998
21 February 1998
17 February 1998
2 March 1998
26 May 1998
30 August 1998
14 September 1998
29 September 1998
14 October 1998
4 May 1999
10 October 1999
10 October 1999
14 October 1999
15 October 1999
27 October 1999
6 December 1996
20 December 1996
18 December 1996
7 February 1997
16 February 1998
23 August 1998
25 September 1998
11 November 1999
43259 Wangzhenyi8 February 2000
3 April 1995

4 October 1999
10 October 1999
14 October 1999
14 October 1999
28 October 1999
28 October 1999
11 November 1999
15 November 1999
19 July 1995
46669 Wangyongzhi6 June 1996
7 October 1996
1 January 1997
9 October 1997
31 October 1997
28 July 1998
28 July 1998
1 September 1998
20 September 1998
29 September 1998
13 October 1998
47005 Chengmaolan16 October 1998
9 December 1998
10 January 1999
9 February 1999
11 November 1999

23 September 1998
29 September 1998
20 September 1998
14 October 1998
17 October 1998
22 October 1998
1 November 1998
9 November 1998
7 December 1998
8 December 1998
4 December 1998
15 December 1998
2 December 1998
17 December 1998
29 December 1998
19 December 1998
6 January 1999
11 November 1999
13 January 2000
19 August 1995
52487 Huazhongkejida6 December 1995
2 April 1997
3 June 1997
3 August 1997
11 August 1997

5 April 2000
19 August 1995
13 April 1996
15 May 1996
55838 Hagongda7 June 1996
18 September 1996
3 October 1996
2 November 1996
6 February 1997
3 August 1997
11 October 1997
3 November 1997
55892 Fuzhougezhi1 December 1997
22 December 1997
55901 Xuaoao15 February 1998
15 February 1998
15 December 1998
9 January 1999
13 January 1999
56088 Wuheng14 January 1999
6 February 1999
13 April 1999
19 August 1995
28 September 1995
28 September 1995

1 November 1997
19 December 1997
17 December 1997
24 December 1997
5 January 1998
26 January 1998
6 February 1998
58714 Boya16 February 1998
21 February 1998
17 February 1998
21 February 1998
14 March 1998
20 March 1998
21 March 1998
25 May 1998
28 July 1998
58941 Guishida22 August 1998
17 September 1998
59000 Beiguan17 September 1998
23 September 1998
25 September 1998
26 September 1998
30 September 1998
15 October 1998
27 October 1998

26 August 1998
13 January 1999
10 October 1999
18 October 1999
66885 Wangxiaomo12 November 1999
12 November 1999
9 March 1996
21 May 1996
21 September 1996
21 September 1996
3 October 1996
5 October 1996
29 October 1996
1 November 1996
10 December 1996
18 December 1996
2 January 1997
4 February 1997
21 March 1997
28 March 1997
10 October 1997
16 February 1998
17 February 1998
11 March 1998
28 May 1998

23 September 1998
17 October 1998
19 October 1998
6 January 1999
10 January 1999
10 January 1999
14 January 1999
29 September 1999
4 October 1999
11 November 1999
19 August 1995
28 September 1995
28 September 1995
1 February 1996
79316 Huangshan18 April 1996
3 October 1996
1 January 1997
18 March 1997
18 March 1997
29 March 1997
13 April 1997
79418 Zhangjiajie3 June 1997
79419 Gaolu26 June 1997
26 September 1997
26 September 1997

5 October 1996
3 October 1996
29 October 1996
4 February 1997
11 May 1997
85472 Xizezong9 June 1997
26 June 1997
9 July 1997
19 September 1997
19 September 1997
11 October 1997
19 October 1997
21 October 1997
3 November 1997
28 November 1997
29 December 1997
30 December 1997
85558 Tianjinshida3 January 1998
22 August 1998
23 August 1998
20 September 1998
25 September 1998
29 September 1998
85728 Yangfujia17 September 1998
5 May 1999

1 February 1998
91023 Lutan23 February 1998
1 March 1998
5 March 1998
24 March 1998
26 August 1998
26 August 1998
19 October 1998
6 April 1999
15 October 1999
15 October 1999
28 October 1999
28 October 1999
92209 Pingtang26 December 1999
11 May 1996
20 July 1996
21 September 1996
20 November 1996
3 March 1997
23 September 1997
1 December 1997
4 January 1998
6 February 1998
2 March 1998
5 March 1998

3 November 1997
28 November 1997
4 December 1997
15 December 1997
15 December 1997
19 December 1997
19 December 1997
20 December 1997
21 December 1997
23 December 1997
21 December 1997
22 August 1998
23 August 1998
30 August 1998
1 September 1998
14 September 1998
17 September 1998
17 September 1998
20 September 1998
25 September 1998
14 October 1998
15 October 1998
17 October 1998
18 October 1998
9 January 1999

11 October 1997
18 January 1998
6 February 1998
21 February 1998
24 February 1998
5 March 1998
20 March 1998
14 September 1998
120942 Rendafuzhong1 October 1998
17 October 1998
22 October 1998
22 December 1998
121007 Jiaxingnanhu10 January 1999
13 January 1999
3 April 1999
10 October 1999
28 October 1999
11 November 1999
29 September 2000
3 October 1996
3 October 1996
3 June 1997
21 September 1997
6 November 1997
1 March 1998

26 June 1997
21 February 1998
14 September 1998
14 October 1998
23 October 1998
2 January 1997
6 October 1997
21 October 1997
8 March 1998
148081 Sunjiadong11 January 1999
5 March 2000
11 August 1997
21 November 1997
25 February 1998
22 August 1998
17 September 1998
5 August 1997
23 September 1997
1 November 1997
4 December 1997
21 February 1998
21 February 1998
30 August 1998
17 September 1998
22 October 1998

9 January 1999
10 June 1997
26 August 1998
11 January 1999
29 September 1999
6 October 1997
17 October 1998
17 October 1998
5 October 1996
175718 Wuzhengyi2 February 1997
14 January 1999
14 October 1999
28 November 1996
1 March 1998
10 February 1999
13 December 2001
23 December 1997
8 March 1998
22 August 1998
17 September 1998
25 September 1998
17 October 1998
10 January 1999
14 October 1995
10 October 1999

3 October 1996
29 September 2000
26 September 1998
2 November 1996
19 October 1998
4 October 1999
21 February 1998
31 October 1997
23 August 1998
20 October 1998
19 December 1997
18 October 1998
18 October 1998
17 October 1998
19 August 1995
19 August 1995
14 November 1995
7 February 1996
23 August 1998
7 November 1996
17 September 1995
22 August 1998
12 September 1994
21 December 1997
26 August 1998

24 December 1997
3 October 1996
3 August 1997
15 September 2002
22 September 1996
13 November 2002
26 November 1995
15 October 1998
20 August 2002
19 August 1995
22 August 1998
14 October 1998
363018 Wenda3 October 1996
14 October 1998
15 September 2002
14 October 1998
5 September 2002
22 September 1996
2 March 1998
29 September 2000
26 August 1998
31 August 1998
15 September 2002
5 September 2002
13 July 2002