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{{Short description|BOINC based volunteer computing project researching asteroid orbits}}
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'''orbit@home'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tricarico |first=Pasquale |date=2017-03-01 |title=The near-Earth asteroid population from two decades of observations |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103516300914 |journal=Icarus |language=en |volume=284 |pages=416–423 |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.008 |arxiv=1604.06328 |bibcode=2017Icar..284..416T |s2cid=85440139 |issn=0019-1035}}</ref> was a [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]]-based [[volunteer computing]] project of the [[Planetary Science Institute]].  It uses the "[[orbit (astronomy and physics)|Orbit]] Reconstruction, [[Simulation]] and Analysis"<ref>[http://orsa.sourceforge.net/index.html ORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis]. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> framework to optimize the search strategies that are used to find [[near-Earth object]]s.

On March 4, 2008, orbit@home completed the installation of its new [[server (computing)|server]] and officially opened to new members. On April 11, orbit@home launched a [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]] version of their [[client (computing)|client]]. On February 16, 2013, the project was halted due to lack of [[grant (money)|grant funding]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orbit.psi.edu/?q=node/32 |title=orbit@home is upgrading! |publisher=Orbit.psi.edu |access-date=2013-10-29}}</ref> However, on July 23, 2013, the Orbit@home project was selected for funding by [[NASA]]'s [[Near Earth Object]] Observation program.  It was announced that orbit@home is to resume operations sometime in 2014 or 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orbit.psi.edu/?q=node/33 |title=orbit@home is upgrading! |publisher=Orbit.psi.edu |access-date=2014-07-06}}</ref> As of July 13, 2018, orbit@home is offline according to its website, and the upgrade announcement has been removed.

==See also==
*[[List of volunteer computing projects]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://orbit.psi.edu/}}

{{BOINC topics}}
{{Planetary defense}}

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[[Category:Science in society]]
[[Category:Free science software]]
[[Category:Volunteer computing projects]]
[[Category:Near-Earth object tracking]]


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