AUSTRALIAN SPACEGUARD SURVEY The search for Near Earth Objects (NEO) - Microplanets (comets, asteroids and meteoroids) that share our region of the solar system. Inspired by the work of Gene Shoemaker and a memorial lecture by Ken Russell from the Anglo Australian Observatory. The term Spaceguard was coined by Arthur C Clarke in his 1973 science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama. This excerpt ...