• Search for orbital debris and Near Earth Objects: optical search with two telescopes (search in San Juan, Argentina, and follow-up in Montevideo, Uruguay)(Collaborators: T. Gallardo - Obs. Astron. "Los Molinos", R. Gil-Hutton - - Obs. Félix Aguilar, San Juan, Argentina, D. Cogliano - Fac. de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de La Plata, Argentina, R. Teixeira - Inst. Astronómico y Geofísico, San Pablo, Brasil, A. Bertachini - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brasil )

Resumen, version Postscript de: Fudamentacion, Informe presentado a III CEA

Postscript version of: Scientific justification

• Chaotic dynamics of comets and NEAs: computation of Lyapunov times, correspondence with frequency of encounters, determination of Lyapunov spectra, dynamical taxonomy (Collaborators: V. Motta - FC; Cl. Froeschle - Obs. Nice)
• Catalogue of Nuclear magnitudes of Jupiter Family comets: size distribution, fraction of free-sublimating area, distribution with perihelion distance, comparison with NEAs (Col. : J.A. Fernández, J. Licandro - FC; H. Rickman - Uppsala Ast. Obs.)
• Observations of cometary nuclei at large heliocentric distances (Col.: J. Licandro - FC, Inst. Astrofisico de Canarias; H. Rickman, M. Lindgren - Uppsala; R. Gil-Hutton - Obs. Félix Aguilar, San Juan, Argentina)
• Sources for long-lasting Temporary Satellite Capture like D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 (Col.: A. Sosa - FC)
• Automatic detection of NEAs' trails in CCD images: application of the Hough transform (Col.: M. Ruétalo - FC)
• Comparison between methods to compute Lyapunov Characteristic Coefficients (Col.: F. Roig - Inst. Ast. y Geofisico, San Pablo, Brazil)
• Search for comets and asteroids in the vicinity of Jupiter and Saturn (Uppsala-ESO Survey for Asteroids and Comets - UESAC) (Col.: A. Sosa - FC,C.-I. Lagerkvist, O. Hernius, M. Lindgren - Uppsala)
• Observations of mm lines of CO in Schwachmann-Wachmann 1 with SEST, source of the CO (Col.: H. Rickman & M. Gunnarson - Uppsala; M. Festou - Obs. Toulose, France; A. Winnberg - Onsala Rymobservatorium, Sweden)
• Integral field spectroscopy of the cometary comae, observations of Hale-Bopp (Col.:  S. Fernandez & R. Garcia - Obs. Cordoba, Argentina)
• Thermochemistry of Cometary Nuclei: models for homogeneus nuclei with water ice, CO and dust; phase transition, sublimation and recondesation, activity at large heliocentric distances (Col.: H. Rickman - Uppsala; M. Greenberg - Leiden Astrophysical Laboratory)

FC - Depto. Astronomia; Facultad Ciencias; Montevideo, Uruguay