What is Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research?
The '''Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research''' ('''LINEAR''') [[wikt:project|project]] is a project that is used for the finding and [[wikt:track|tracking]] of near-Earth [[asteroid]]s. The project is done together by the [[United States Air Force]], [[NASA]], and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]'s [[Lincoln Laboratory]]. LINEAR has found most of the asteroids since [[1998]]. LINEAR has found 226,193 new [[wikt:object|objects]] since it started. Out of those, 2,019 were [[near-Earth asteroid]]s and 236 were [[comet]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/linear/ |title=LINEAR Observations, Detections, and New Discoveries |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-date=2017-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724185128/http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/linear/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> LINEAR uses [[robotic telescope]]s to help them find asteroids. LINEAR is [[wikt:credit|credited]] with the finding of 67,208 asteroids as of [[June 13]], [[2006]]. LINEAR has also found these [[comet]]s: [[11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR]], [[146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR]], [[148P/Anderson-LINEAR]], [[156P/Russell-LINEAR]], [[158P/Kowal-LINEAR]], [[160P/LINEAR]] (LINEAR 43), [[165P/LINEAR]] (LINEAR 10), and [[176P/LINEAR]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.ll.mit.edu/LINEAR LINEAR home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517053406/http://www.ll.mit.edu/linear |date=2008-05-17 }} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Asteroid discoverers|LINEAR]]