BATTeRS

BATTeRS (バッターズ) stands for "Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey". It is a Japanese project to find asteroids.

It is associated with the Japanese Spaceguard Association. Members include Takeshi Urata.

The project has discovered numerous asteroids. It has also discovered comet C/2001 W2 (BATTERS).

External link

• http://www.spaceguard.or.jp/ja/topics/batters.html