Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program

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The buildings of the observatory

The BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program or Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program or SCAP is a project organized in May 1995 by the Beijing Astronomical Observatory and founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Its job is to track down near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and comets .

The project uses a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope with a 2048 * 2048 CCD camera for observation . The telescope is installed in Xinglong Station , China.

Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ′ 39 ″  N , 117 ° 34 ′ 30 ″  E